Ajack: They also knew the dangers of appearing to favor one sect over another. Read some of Jefferson's writing concerning Christianity. It backs up the view that religion and government should never be in bed with each other. While writing some vitriolic statements concerning Christianity ("In our practice of orthodox Christianity I can find not one redeeming virtue") he was quite tolerant of religions in general ("It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.")