By Zia H Shah MD
Source / Courtesy: Review of Religions and Alislam.org. First published in 2007.
A compelling argument that Thomas Jefferson negated belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ and affirmed the unity of God. Was he influenced by the Holy Qur’an?
Jefferson’s copy of the Koran
The adulterated accounts of the Bible did not satisfy Jefferson. After extensive studies of different books, Jefferson concluded:
Christianity had traditionally rested not upon reason or experience but upon mystery and miracle. The Bible, moreover, portrayed a deity quite different from that revealed in nature, a deity that reason could neither explain nor defend. How rational could it possibly be for the God of the whole universe to reveal himself solely to one small nation in the eastern Mediterranean and to leave the rest of the world in utter ignorance of his existence? It seemed even more irrational to believe that the Supreme Being of the cosmos had ‘sent his only begotten son,’ who had not offended him, to be sacrificed by men, who had offended him that he might expiate their sins, and satisfy his own anger.
To read the article in April 2007 volume of Review of Religions, click here.
To read a version with several pictures in Alislam.org, click here.
Categories: Monotheism
Any rational being will definitely come to conclusions as President Jefferson did. As humans , we need to question any statements attributed to God and use our conscience given to us by God to analyze them they are not against the laws of nature.
Thanks Zia H. Shah sahib for giving this important information. Thomas was a learned man of high standard. He admitted the truth without any prejudice as it emerged to him.
We have very recently seen the picture of prince Charles with his wife, lady Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. How charming and beautiful they appear! And the good news that the prince has been taking classes in Arabic just to be able to read the Quran. May Allah bless him and his wife with the bounties of this life and the next life.
He did not attain a place on the throne of England but surely Allah will reward him with a much better reward in this worldly life and the next life in paradise.
All men of any status have to pass through the span of their lives in this world. There is an eventual end to this life for every one. It is better that every gets acquainted with their Creator.