The Los Angeles Times reports:

1. Making good on a promise to a friend to summarize his views on Christianity, Thomas Jefferson set to work with scissors, snipping out every miracle and inconsistency he could find in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
   

And

1. Then, relying on a cut-and-paste technique, he reassembled the excerpts into what he believed was a more coherent narrative and pasted them onto blank paper -- alongside translations in French, Greek and Latin.
   

Futher

1. In a letter sent from Monticello to John Adams in 1813, Jefferson said his "wee little book" of 46 pages was based on a lifetime of inquiry and reflection and contained "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man." He called the book "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth."
   

[HT: Marco Sanna]

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A Marco Sanna non è sfuggita la versione del Nuovo Testamento confezionata dal presidente americano Thomas Jefferson: un vero e proprio taglia e cuci. In cui furono lasciati fuori miracoli, versetti contraddittori e altre incongruenze testuali. Insomma: un vangelo fai da te.