<p>I want to acknowledge that I stand corrected on the question of whether an American history requirement in college is unusual. Caught once again with my narrow, elitist bias showing! No wonder I and my fellow Old Elis are so well known for our hatred of America and everything it stands for – no one ever made us take an American history course in college! (Of course, lots of people did it anyway, but not I.)</p>
<p>Re: Thomas Jefferson, @ConfusedMom: Would you care to elaborate a bit on what difference it makes whether Jefferson was cutting out all references to Christ’s resurrection from a Bible to be given to Indians vs. one he intended for his own personal use? I am not certain which hypothesis is less consistent with any kind of current understanding of what it means to be a Christian.</p>