So vicious were some attacks that three centuries later Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, wrote: “It would be more pardonable to believe in no god at all, than to blaspheme him by the atrocious attributes of Calvin. ”
Mõned rünnakud olid niivõrd õelad, et kolm sajandit hiljem kirjutas Ühendriikide kolmas president Thomas Jefferson: „Pigemini võib andestada selle, et jumalasse üldse ei usuta, kui et teda Calvini metsikuid vahendeid kasutades teotatakse. ”