"That all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and therefore are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being Lord, both of body and mind yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do,"

Rewrite this excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in your own words in a more contemporary style.

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"That all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and therefore are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being Lord, both of body and mind yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do,"

Rewrite this excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in your own words in a more contemporary style.

aspenmurillo · Answer

@wwhitlock

wwhitlock · Answer

Forcing somebody to act a certain way is not liberty or freedom. Only a hypocrite would try to force freedom on someone. Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. He never forced anyone to follow him. As a god he had the power to force people, but he didn't.