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: Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Rowe Points Out a Bad Jefferson Quote

By Ed Brayton

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And this one is often used by folks on our side rather than the religious right. I've heard this quote many times:

Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.

As Jon Rowe points out, this has long been treated as an unconfirmed quote, but he has found what is almost certainly the source of the quote. It's a letter Jefferson wrote to Joseph Priestley, a physician and one of his dearest friends, in 1801:

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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 25, 2008 (boomark / email).

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