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Deism or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the God

For whatever reasons or tragedies that happened when I was young I became very interested in religion. I read the bible, the Jehovah's witness bible, researched Judaism, and looked a little bit into what Mormons were about. As more philosophical...

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Four Thousand To One (Why I can't take religion seriously)

Why following a specific genre of religion isn't rational.

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Deism & Deists

  Deism was primarily a movement among the upper classes of Britain in the 18th century that sought to demystify religion.  It spread in different forms to France and America.  In America, Deism existed within a Christian framework as in...

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Thomas Jefferson And Religion

The religious views of Thomas Jefferson, our third President are often misunderstood by many Americans. Jefferson was often denounced during his life as a blatant atheist. He rejected many things found in the bible,and created his own, known as The Jefferson Bible.

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The United States is Not a Christian Nation

On June 28, 2006, Obama gave the keynote address at Sojourner's magazine "Call to Renewal" conference. The entire text is linked below, but here is the quote that produced the firestorm: "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian...

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Alexander Pope's Essay on Man: Biblical Foundations or Not?

This essay was written in preparation for a debate on the relevance and congruence of Pope's Essay with Christian principles.  The position taken in this essay was the one assigned to me, and henceforth not...

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Should We Have A God

The word God is rarely defined with any degree of accuracy. When asked, the majority of individuals resort to repeating timeworn phrases that merely promote a particular religious point of view. In fact, even scholars are uncertain of the source...

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Deism - Why It Makes Sense

So I'll start off by saying this - your Protestants believe what they believe. They study their teaching and scriptures and stay true to them. Your Shi'ites believe what they believe - again, studying their...

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Deism: On The Rise

    Deism is a religious and philosophical belief, that a "supreme being" of some kind created the universe, and also established all of the laws that the universe is held to. Although this is the same basic belief of most religions, Deism is...

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10 Brilliant Scientists and Their View of God

The fact is that unintentionally or not, these scientists had a greater impact on theology than does the work of most theologians. Their findings often conflicted with the theology of the day...

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