284. Teresita

Jefferson like Adams was a Unitarian. Time has shown that the Arian heresy –of which heresy the Unitarians drank–to be corrupt as it has and is destroying every denomination that has touched it. (with the exception of the Jehovah witnesses and the Mormons–who have inserted their own theology.)

You have to understand that in the anglo saxon english speaking world–Newton was held at near demigod status. Newton was a passionate advocate if the arian heresy. imho Newton got if from Decartes–who got it from the Greeks ie. “Man is the measure of all things” If so then Man can by definition measure God. If this is the case then it also follows that there are no miracles. By definition if man can measure God — then God is not God. Therefor it follows from the premise –Man is the measure of all tings –that Jesus could not have been God.

Jefferson was a child of the Enlightenment–so whatever the master –ie Newton–said …went.

Not so the guy who designed the nuts and bolts of the constitution, limited government, the balance of powers–the relationship between the federal government and the states. This man was James Madison. He was a Calvinist–like much of the rest of the population in the USA at the time of the revolution.

To this day the the denominations known as evangelical are mostly Calvinist. they tend to be fairly healthy with healthy growing flocks.