John Adams on Jesus
← Back to Jesus ProfileIn a frank 1816 letter to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams reflects on the historical devastation wrought by the veneration of the Cross, questioning its legacy.
“I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved — the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!”
“The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds, Confessions, Oaths, Doctrines, and whole carloads of other foolish trumpery that we find in Christianity.”