Deism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Deism (\ˈdi:iz(ə)m\) or (\ˈdē-ˌi-zəm\) is a religious and philosophical belief that a supreme being created the universe, and that this (and religious truth in general) can be determined using reason...
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Militant deism had arrived in early America with a bang. ... Deist phrases may thus have been a sort of theological lingua franca, and their use by the founders was ecumenical rather than anti-Christian. Such ecumenical striving sheds fresh light on the first amendment and the secular order it established.
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...most of the Founders were Deists and Unitarians who rejected doctrines like the Incarnation. ... America's most famous Freemason is also a Deist, George Washington. Not only did he allow Universalists to serve in his army, he had Jewish and Deists officers as well along with Enlightened Christians. In the Freemason...
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3. That the Founders of America were not "deists" as defined Voltaire, Rousseau, and the French Revolution and the French Enlightenment. The Deism of the French Revolution would be the ... Note to the reader: I'm a life-long classical Deist and my rejection of the Christian faith is based solely on the Bible itself,
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www.sullivan-county.com/deism.htm
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Dan Brown's new book and Deism, America's Founders: Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol, mentions the fact that many of America's key founders were Deists! This is a seldom talked about truth. It's... ... Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol, mentions the fact that many of America's key founders were Deists! This is a...
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The strategy of secular humanists is simple: If you say something often enough, people tend to believe it. So, in various forms, they repeat the myth that America's Founders held to a secular, deistic worldview. ... Benjamin Franklin clearly was a deist as a young man, but he later became disenchanted with deism.
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www.worldviewtimes.com/article.php/articleid-3706
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Consequently, it is a myth that most of America's founders were deists. In fact, atheists, agnostics, and deists will be hard-pressed to prove that even one of our founders was a deist.
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jcsm.org/AmericasFounders/
jcsm.org/AmericasFounders/
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These vagaries aside, this table should be a substantial help to anyone interested in getting a handle on the religious beliefs of America's founders.
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candst.tripod.com/tnppage/qtable.htm
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