Your take on this ?

[frogmarch]

3. the Jefferson Bible

In a few words, my take is that instead of "May God be with you," Deists, as a pleasantry, might say, "May the Force be with you," all the while knowing that the "Force" is no more personal than is a bolt of lightning.

I should go to Amazon and order a copy of Jefferson's Bible.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

snip:

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, is one of two religious works constructed by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson compiled the manuscripts but never published them. The first, The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, was completed in 1804, but no copies exist today.[1] The second, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, was completed in 1820 by cutting and pasting with a razor and glue numerous sections from the New Testament as extractions of the doctrine of Jesus. Jefferson's condensed composition excludes all miracles by Jesus and most mentions of the supernatural, including sections of the four gospels that contain the Resurrection and most other miracles, and passages that portray Jesus as divine.