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Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:00 AM

My daily bread

Raised to worship the New York Times on Sundays, I found myself going to church and praying instead. I thought a lot about God and flesh and blood -- and didn't tell my friends I was becoming a religious freak.
By Sara Miles

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  • Monday, February 19, 2007 02:20 PM

    Non-Christian Presidents

    You're wrong. There were at least two. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

    Technically, no, George and Tom were Christians ... specifically they were Deist. Deists believe in free will, not dogma. Deists may doubt the more literal interpretations of the Bible (i.e. they are to the "left" of Fundamentalists) and some may express doubt, too, about the divinity of Christ but they are still, nonetheless, considered to be Christians.

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