Deism

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Well known deists throughout history include [[Voltaire]], Rousseau, [[Benjamin Franklin]], Thomas Paine, and for much of his adult life, [[Thomas Jefferson]].   
 
Well known deists throughout history include [[Voltaire]], Rousseau, [[Benjamin Franklin]], Thomas Paine, and for much of his adult life, [[Thomas Jefferson]].   
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Deism is pansy atheism basically.
  
 
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Revision as of 00:10, 26 October 2009

Deism is a belief that God created the Universe, and consequently Earth, but left everything else to its own devices.

Many deists believe that the "big bang" was initiated by a god (of their choice), and everything that happened since is the consequence of scientific laws "created" at the same time.

Basically, the first deists were the atheists of their day. They clearly saw that God definitely did not exist in the form that many people claimed — i.e., intervening in our daily lives — and said, "Well, he's obviously not messing with every little thing. She must have set it spinning and just let it go on its own." They believed God must have existed because they didn't see any other way that the universe and life could be here.

Well known deists throughout history include Voltaire, Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and for much of his adult life, Thomas Jefferson.

Deism is pansy atheism basically.

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