解放军文职招聘考试杰斐逊圣经引发宗教争执1

 In the final years of his life, Thomas Jefferson took a knife and cut up the Gospels, holy scripture to Christians. "Even though he realizes, as a Republican party leader, that this would be a very controversial act." Harry Rubenstein of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History led the project to restore the book that the third U.S. president created out of what he saved. The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, or The Jefferson Bible as it's known today, left out the Resurrection and other miracles. Rubenstein says that's because Jefferson wanted to highlight Jesus' moral teachings. "I think in one sense this is a larger project that he has been thinking about along with his colleagues and very close companions: what should be the moral basis of the new nation." Earlier this year, Luis Granados of the American Humanist Association published a version and sent it to lawmakers. "There's some great wisdom in there, and we think members of Congress would be well advised to spend a few hours sitting around thinking about that, and at the same time well advised to recognize that there's some other stuff in there that's maybe not so good." He says Jefferson wasn't the only iconoclast. George Washington prayed but refused communion, while author Thomas Paine called religions "human inventions".

迟暮之年里，托马斯·杰斐逊拿刀裁剪拼贴了《福音书》——基督教的圣书。 “作为一位共和党领袖，他意识到了该行为的必然会引发争议。”来自史密森国家博物馆的哈利·鲁宾斯坦说，他领导的项目致力于修复《福音书》这本被美国第三任总统裁剪拼贴的版本。 《耶稣的生活及道德》，即今日我们熟知的杰斐逊版圣经，删掉了原圣经里耶稣复活及一些神迹的内容。哈利·鲁宾斯坦说那是因为杰弗逊想要强调耶稣的道德教化作用。 “从某种意义上说，这是他和同僚密友们开展的更为重要的课题：什么是新国家的道德准则。” 今年早些时候，美国人文主义联会的路易斯•格拉纳多斯将他出版的一本书寄给了一些立法者。 “书中闪耀着智慧的火花，国会议员应该花上几小时共同讨论书中智慧，取其精华，去其糟粕。” 他说杰斐逊不是唯一破除崇拜的人。乔治·华盛顿愿意祈祷，但是反对宗教教派，汤姆斯·佩恩则称宗教是“人为之作”。