Ocupation: 3rd U.S. President
Life: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826
Birthday: April 13
Death: July 4
On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarrelling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind.
source: Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1816-1826”, p.42, Cosimo, Inc.
topic: Religious, Fighting, Faith Religion, Moral Principles, Christian Father, Christianity From Founding Fathers, Founding Fathers Atheist, Founding Fathers Religion, Founding Fathers Religious, Abstraction, Religion God, Religious Dogma