Exactly. Jefferson was no Christian. He was a Deist. And his views on the “separation of church and state” have confused and complicated many away from the true intent of our Constitution.
His “Bible” is representative of his political views as well.
False and incomplete.
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic - LOC
Proposed Seal for the United States
On July 4, 1776, Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams "to bring in a device for a seal for the United States of America." Franklin's proposal adapted the biblical story of the parting of the Red Sea (left). Jefferson first recommended the "Children of Israel in the Wilderness, led by a Cloud by Day, and a Pillar of Fire by night. . . ." He then embraced Franklin's proposal and rewrote it (right). Jefferson's revision of Franklin's proposal was presented by the committee to Congress on August 20. Although not accepted these drafts reveal the religious temper of the Revolutionary period. Franklin and Jefferson were among the most theologically liberal of the Founders, yet they used biblical imagery for this important task.
“Jefferson was no Christian. He was a Deist.”
Of course, Jefferson argued that he was a Christian in the most authentic sense. In an 1816 letter to his friend Charles Thomson, Jefferson wrote: “I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus ...”
“And his views on the “separation of church and state” have confused and complicated many away from the true intent of our Constitution.”
Jefferson wanted to separate church and state as much because he feared that the state would corrupt the church as the other way around.