It's because they read it.
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Old~~ Ben Frank~~. Jefferson rewrote the Bible with all the magic stripped out. It's called the Jefferson Bible.
Jefferson was the one who rewrote it without the magic and miracles. Franklin proposed his own rewrite, but only did a chapter of Job as an proof of concept and said he didn't have the "necessary abilities" to do it himself.
Even Jefferson's was more a sort of cut-and-paste than a rewrite.
I stand corrected then I guess