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Razor, I'm afraid you are mistaken about Jefferson's point of view on religion, I could show you the writings given by all the founding fathers on this subject all be it lengthy it is a good read. Here is the part on Jefferson, as to his feelings about religion.
Thomas Jefferson
Even most Christians do not consider Jefferson a Christian. In many of his letters, he denounced the superstitions of Christianity. He did not believe in spiritual souls, angels or godly miracles. Although Jefferson did admire the morality of Jesus, Jefferson did not think him divine, nor did he believe in the Trinity or the miracles of Jesus. In a letter to Peter Carr, 10 August 1787, he wrote, "Question with boldness even the existence of a god."
Jefferson believed in materialism, reason, and science. He never admitted to any religion but his own. In a letter to Ezra Stiles Ely, 25 June 1819, he wrote, "You say you are a Calvinist. I am not. I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know."
As for the liberal democracy, I pulled that from the writings of our forefathers.
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