>So, to sum all that up, what message are you attempting to deliver?
There is no question that Jefferson was one of those who ‘abhorred the studies into the supernatural’. In fact, the discussions between him and John Adams with regards to Plato, Jefferson’s bible, etc., show that Adams, as well, held similar thoughts. The ‘Creator’ and ‘Nature’s God’ was not the Christian God for many of the founders or for many of the people at the time of the founding. I’m not saying they were ‘deists’ in the absolute sense, they were not - they did believe in a ‘Providence overlooking’, eg. - but Jefferson himself, rejected all the supernaturalism of Christianity - the idea that Jesus was the ‘son of God’, the virgin birth, the resurrection and any other aspect that didn’t, in his view, reflect reality and reason.
What may be true of Samual Adams, was not true of John, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Paine, Monroe, to name a few.
You explained your point very well. Thank You.
A belief in God does not make one a follower of Christianity. From what I gathered in my reading, many people in that time believed in a creator - - and seriously hoped that there was a final judgement by that creator.
Of course, tyrants wish nothing of the sort.