evidence: In July 2022, readers asked us to look into the veracity of quotes that appeared in a meme titled, "Damn Those Pesky Facts." The meme had been shared on Facebook and displayed several quotes about Christianity and religion that purportedly came from four men, three who were Founding Fathers. The names shown above the remarks included former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison, as well as author Thomas Paine. [...] The second quote with Jefferson's name next to it said, "Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man." According to Monticello.org, a website that is managed by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., this was a paraphrase of something Jefferson wrote in 1801 to a clergyman, political theorist, and physical scientist" named Joseph Priestley. The quote was transcribed like this: [...] The final quote that was attributed to Jefferson in the "Damn Those Pesky Facts" meme read, "Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." According to Monticello.org, there's no known record of him ever saying these words.