i wish to know the opinion of my venerable friend, concerning jesus of nazareth. styles adored franklin but he, still, wished franklin would have clear title to quote that happy immortality, which i believe jesus, alone, has purchased for the virtuous and truly good of every religious denomination. franklin respected styles. and so, five weeks before his death -- five weeks before his death -- he penned a response. it's absolutely precious that -- that we have this. and he asked styles to keep it confidential. apparently, he didn't, since we're talking about it here. you desire to know something of my religion. it is the first time i have been questioned upon it, franklin wrote. which is just simply not true. i don't know why he said that because his parents, jane, whitfield and others have been asking about it all his life. anyway, he said, but i do not take your curiosity amiss and shall endeavor in a few words to gratify it, he wrote. here is my creed. i believe in one god. creator of the universe. that he governs it by his providence. that he ought to be worsh

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having said, that he thought jesus of nazareth was the greatest moral teacher that ever was and there was great value in studying that. the kinds of religion that he would have warmed to would have been non-dogmatic it would have been non-hierarchical. i think he was very distrustful of churches in which their government was hire arcticcal, episcopal or oriented around bishops and so forth. i think he had a certain affinity, though he may not have embraced the specifics with more congress gagsal -- congregational organization. i think we are talking about a non-dogmatic religion that would be explained in rational terms. >> he agreed with the baptists because they agreed on separation of church and state. he had a fascinating relationship with baptistst. john leland, one of the major baptist figures in the period, who was both kinds of southern and new england. he kind of moved around, and preached. loved thomas jefferson -- he talked about -- and he was a fervent bible believing baptist. he loved jefferson. he thought jefferson was a gift of god. and he knew about jefferson's theolog

having said that, he thought jesus of nazareth was the greatest teacher and there was great value in studying that. the kind of religion that he would have warmed to would have been nondogmatic. it would have been nonhire arkical. he was zis trustful of churches in which the government was hierarchy and around bishops. he is a certain affinity even though he may not have embraced the specifics. the baptists and the church governance. so he liked that kind of church governance. quite apart from the belief system. but i think we're talking here about a very nondogmatic, a religion that could be explained in rational terms. >> famously, he got along well with baptists because they agreed on political views. they believed they -- they agreed on separation of church and state. he had a fascinating relationship with baptists. john leyland, one of the major baptist figures in the period who was both kind of southern and new england. he moved around and preached. he loved thomas jefferson. he talked about -- he was a very ferve ent bible believing baptist. but he loved jefferson. he thought