We point out in “Doubting Thomas” that Jefferson would not agree with the secularist witch-hunt that is going on today in modern America in his name. One of the key questions to ask about Thomas Jefferson is about his policies themselves. What did he intend as far as religion in …
It’s important to note that Jefferson did not play a direct role in the writing of the Constitution. He was in France when it was drafted in 1787. He was stateside in 1791 when the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the Constitution) were being written, but he …
The popular notion today, which is often distorted, is “the separation of church and state.” This phrase is not found in the Constitution, but rather it comes from a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a religious group (the Baptists of Danbury, Connecticut). All of this is documented and expanded upon …
Doubting Thomas deals with the faith of Jefferson and his views of what should and what shouldn’t be allowed of religion in the public arena. We show that Jefferson went through different stages of belief to questioning to private doubts to private skepticism, etc. We document that he was not …
Doubting Thomas deals with the issue of Jefferson’s faith and actually provides some new material in it never before published, ever. The book shows that he was not a lifelong skeptic. Near the end of his life, he had some private unorthodox views. I like to say: Jefferson was a …