Comment: Re:"in the year of our lord, Jesus Christ" (Score 1) 857
To me that suggests that he was a politician taking actions to shore up public relations in an area where he perceived himself both weak and under attack.
Well, that explanation would confirm, that, at least, the rest of the nation was very Christian, whether the politician himself was or was not... If we weren't a Christian nation, then in front of who did Jefferson "pretend" to be a good Christian (sincerely or not)?
I do see a trend here... The deniers of Christianity's role in America seem to have two conflicting arguments: they reject the religion's role in our history, while at the same time lament its "undue influence"...