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SeattleUte · 03-30-2007, 03:52 PM

Every Mormon should know that Thomas Jefferson prophesied the restoration of the one true Gospel of Jesus Christ on the American continent. This was discussed just the other day on Cougarboard.

Now I come across this obscure quotation from Jefferson:

"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."

--Thomas Jefferson

My source is this article:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20050?email

So now I'm confused. What DID Jefferson really prephesy?

ute4ever · 03-30-2007, 04:06 PM

This reminds me of published opinions that claim to interpret Nostradamus. Some writings were as vague as "the red and the white will collide on the great rock;" yet the self-appointed experts turn around and say well obviously he foresaw the French Republic defeating the Qing Empire to claim Tonkin.

Archaea · 03-30-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Every Mormon should know that Thomas Jefferson prophesied the restoration of the one true Gospel of Jesus Christ on the American continent. This was discussed just the other day on Cougarboard.

Now I come across this obscure quotation from Jefferson:

"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."

--Thomas Jefferson

My source is this article:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20050?email

So now I'm confused. What DID Jefferson really prephesy?

Can't you bait us with better shit that this?

YOhio · 03-30-2007, 04:19 PM

Thomas Jefferson may not have prophesied of the restoration of Christ's true gospel but in 1739 a Catholic Priest in Switzerland did.

Archaea · 03-30-2007, 04:38 PM

I didn't know Jefferson prophesied anything. Remind me when he was made of prophet of the Restoration, I forgot. Did he attend John the Baptist during the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood?

This review excerpt was enjoyable:

Here, as elsewhere, Sullivan is an opportunist in argument, and sometimes an unscrupulous one. (Shades of the Oxford Union again.) Summoning Thomas Jefferson to prove a point on page 48, he writes, "He did not consider himself a 'secular humanist.' He was a believing Christian." Requiring Jefferson to make another point on page 131, he quotes him: "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." Petty consistency is not a hobgoblin that troubles Andrew Sullivan's mind, and he likes to chalk up his inconsistency to his conservatism, because it is a hallmark of the pragmatic conservative to know himself to be frequently mistaken.

All-American · 03-30-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Every Mormon should know that Thomas Jefferson prophesied the restoration of the one true Gospel of Jesus Christ on the American continent. This was discussed just the other day on Cougarboard.

Now I come across this obscure quotation from Jefferson:

"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."

--Thomas Jefferson

My source is this article:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20050?email

So now I'm confused. What DID Jefferson really prephesy?

He did? That's certainly not something that "every mormon should know." I am aware of one statement of Jefferson's that is far from a prophecy.

This is particularly low for you, Seattle. Can't you be content trying to prove things we actually do claim to be false?

RockyBalboa · 03-30-2007, 05:36 PM

I hate to say I told you guys so but........

All-American · 03-30-2007, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

I hate to say I told you guys so but........

I sincerely doubt that you hate to say "I told you guys so."

RockyBalboa · 03-30-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by All-American

I sincerely doubt that you hate to say "I told you guys so."

You're right....I don't. At least not in this instance.

SeattleUte · 03-30-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

I hate to say I told you guys so but........

Hey, have you guys beem talking about me behind my back?

03-30-2007, 03:52 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Christianity per Thomas Jefferson Every Mormon should know that Thomas Jefferson prophesied the restoration of the one true Gospel of Jesus Christ on the American continent. This was discussed just the other day on Cougarboard. Now I come across this obscure quotation from Jefferson: "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." --Thomas Jefferson My source is this article: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20050?email So now I'm confused. What DID Jefferson really prephesy? __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

03-30-2007, 04:38 PM	#5
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	I didn't know Jefferson prophesied anything. Remind me when he was made of prophet of the Restoration, I forgot. Did he attend John the Baptist during the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood? This review excerpt was enjoyable: Here, as elsewhere, Sullivan is an opportunist in argument, and sometimes an unscrupulous one. (Shades of the Oxford Union again.) Summoning Thomas Jefferson to prove a point on page 48, he writes, "He did not consider himself a 'secular humanist.' He was a believing Christian." Requiring Jefferson to make another point on page 131, he quotes him: "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." Petty consistency is not a hobgoblin that troubles Andrew Sullivan's mind, and he likes to chalk up his inconsistency to his conservatism, because it is a hallmark of the pragmatic conservative to know himself to be frequently mistaken. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

03-30-2007, 05:36 PM	#7
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	I hate to say I told you guys so but........ __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

03-30-2007, 04:06 PM	#2
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	This reminds me of published opinions that claim to interpret Nostradamus. Some writings were as vague as "the red and the white will collide on the great rock;" yet the self-appointed experts turn around and say well obviously he foresaw the French Republic defeating the Qing Empire to claim Tonkin.

03-30-2007, 04:19 PM	#4
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	Thomas Jefferson may not have prophesied of the restoration of Christ's true gospel but in 1739 a Catholic Priest in Switzerland did.