The definition of deism is the philosophical idea of God as a first cause of the universe, who lays down the laws… — Elizabeth S. Anderson Copy Share Image
If the Bible is only human lore, and not divine truth, then we have no real answer to those who say, Let's… — J. Sidlow Baxter Copy Share Image
Deism is logically compatible with evolutionary theory for the simple reason that the theory says nothing about the origin of the universe… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
“Mind, rather than emerging as a late outgrowth in the evolution of life, has existed always as the matrix, the source and… — George Wald Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Pandeism: This is the belief that God created the universe, is now one with it, and so, is no longer a separate… — Alan Dawe Copy Share Image
The creation is the Bible of the Deist. He there reads, in the handwriting of the Creator himself, the certainty of His… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I can't tell Black people to fight a war that is Israel's war. What kind of leader will you be, or should… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
“Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, say Smith and Denton, seems to be “colonizing many historical religious traditions and, almost without anyone noticing, converting believers… — Kenda Creasy Dean Copy Share Image
“His own deism allowed for a God who, having made the world, did not participate in the working out of its ends,… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“This one god could be of the deistic or pantheistic sort. Deism might be superior in explaining why God has seemingly left… — Raphael Lataster Copy Share Image
“The liberality of the age, or in other words the weakening of the obstinate prejudice, which makes men unable to see what… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I learned to build bookshelves and brought books to my room, gathering them around me thickly. I read by day and into… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“You desire to know something of my Religion. It is the first time I have been questioned upon it: But I do… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
[T]he Rev. R. Taylor, A.M., the Deist, now in gaol, infamously persecuted by the Whigs for his religious opinions, in his learned… — Godfrey Higgins Copy Share Image
“His own deism allowed for a God who, having made the world, having made the world, did not participate in the working… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“I have observed, indeed, generally, that while in protestant countries the defections from the Platonic Christianity of the priests is to Deism,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
![“You desire to know something of my Religion. It is the first time I have been questioned upon it: But I do not take your Curiosity amiss, and shall endeavour in a few Words to gratify it... I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his [Jesus'] divinity ; tho' it is…” quote by Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e3d/benjamin-franklin-65_deism_you-desire-to-know-something-of-my-relig_2012276.jpg)
![“[T]he Rev. R. Taylor, A.M., the Deist, now in gaol, infamously persecuted by the Whigs for his religious opinions, in his learned defense of Deism called the Diegesis, has clearly proved all the heirarchical institutions of the Christians to be a close copy of those of the Essenians of Egypt.” quote by Godfrey Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0b6/godfrey-higgins-52829_christian_t-he-rev-r-taylor-a-m-the-deist-now-in-g_679803.jpg)
