Dr. John Mason Quotes
Jefferson is a profane philosopher and an infidel. Christians! It is thus that a man, whom you are expected to elevate to the chief magistracy, insults yourselves and your Bible!
He was particularly distressed that Jefferson did not believe in the Biblical narrative of Noah and the Flood. Actually, this was the only Presidential race in American History where BOTH candidates, Adams and Jefferson, were not orthodox Christians and BOTH rejected literal interpretation of the Bible and even questioned the Trinity. Adams religious views were not as public as Jefferson’s and so many who voted against Jefferson because he was not a literal follower of the Bible, did not realize that Adams also was not and like Jefferson regarded the Trinity and the deification of Jesus as naive belief of unthinking people.
Dr. John Mason, c. 1800, New York Protestant Minister & Federalist Politician, The Voice of Warning to Christians on the Ensuing Election, October 1800
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