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The mind, as Jefferson reminded us, is the only oracle God gave us. Jefferson wanted

“The mind, as Jefferson reminded us, is the only oracle God gave us. Jefferson wanted people less dependent on the Bible; I would extend the idea, and urge us to be less dependent on Jefferson. Many modern church-state questions fall into a constitutional gray zone, and squinting at the founding documents with greater intensity will not change that.”

Steven Waldman, Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America
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