Re: Thought for the Day

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Posted by Scott Bubar on September 08, 2001 at 08:41:41:

In Reply to: Re: Thought for the Day posted by Dr. Uncle Mark on September 08, 2001 at 05:13:59:

The quote is from Jefferson's "Notes on Virginia".

If I'm reading it correctly, he's not only making a philosophical point, but specifically arguing against the offense of heresy as it still remained embedded in Virginia Common Law at the time (1984):
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"By our own act of assembly of 1705, c. 30, if a person brought up in the Christian religion denies the being of a God, or the Trinity, or asserts there are more Gods than one, or denies the Christian religion to be true, or the scriptures to be of divine authority, he is punishable on the first offence by incapacity to hold any office or employment ecclesiastical, civil, or military; on the second by disability to sue, to take any gift or legacy, to be guardian, executor, or administrator, and by three years imprisonment, without bail. A father's right to the custody of his own children being founded in law on his right of guardianship, this being taken away, they may of course be severed from him, and put, by the authority of a court, into more orthodox hands. This is a summary view of that religious slavery, under which a people have been willing to remain, who have lavished their lives and fortunes for the establishment of their civil freedom."
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: Huggy, I would probably agree with your interpretation AND I would then agree with TJ's sentiments. TJ can be very complicated at times, but he is truly one of the heroes and great thinkers of the Revolution....this coming from a Highlander...course, we enjoy revolutions!! Pax Aye!

: DUM

Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 17, 157--61

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: The quote is from Jefferson's "Notes on Virginia".

: If I'm reading it correctly, he's not only making a philosophical point, but specifically arguing against the offense of heresy as it still remained embedded in Virginia Common Law at the time (1984):
: ______________
: "By our own act of assembly of 1705, c. 30, if a person brought up in the Christian religion denies the being of a God, or the Trinity, or asserts there are more Gods than one, or denies the Christian religion to be true, or the scriptures to be of divine authority, he is punishable on the first offence by incapacity to hold any office or employment ecclesiastical, civil, or military; on the second by disability to sue, to take any gift or legacy, to be guardian, executor, or administrator, and by three years imprisonment, without bail. A father's right to the custody of his own children being founded in law on his right of guardianship, this being taken away, they may of course be severed from him, and put, by the authority of a court, into more orthodox hands. This is a summary view of that religious slavery, under which a people have been willing to remain, who have lavished their lives and fortunes for the establishment of their civil freedom."
: ________________


: : Huggy, I would probably agree with your interpretation AND I would then agree with TJ's sentiments.  TJ can be very complicated at times, but he is truly one of the heroes and great thinkers of the Revolution....this coming from a Highlander...course, we enjoy revolutions!!  Pax Aye!

: : DUM


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