"How would you feel about taking a razor blade to a Bible? Thomas Jefferson, apparently, didn't have any qualms about it.
In his retirement, the nation's third president carried out a project he had contemplated for years: he literally cut and pasted passages from the four Gospels into one integrated narrative of Jesus' life -- minus the miracles and supernatural events."
Read more: The Jefferson Bible: Jefferson's Personal Bible On Display At A Smithsonian Exhibit
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