All the destruction in Christian Europe has arisen from deism, which is natural religion. — William Blake Copy Share Image
I believe ... that the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life, respecting its conduct… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Deism, historically, produces atheism. First you make God a landlord, then an absent landlord, then he becomes simply absent. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“{ In a letter to his friend Rudolf Wagner } I believe you are more believing in the Bible than I. I am not.” — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“That not adhering to those notions Reason dictates (concerning the nature of God), has been the occasion of all superstition, and those… — Matthew Tindal Copy Share Image
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Nothing in our politics is any longer driven or designed by individual humans who have a name and a face; we have… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Consistent with the liberal views of the Enlightenment, Leibniz was an optimist with respect to human reasoning and scientific progress. Although he… — Shelby D. Hunt Copy Share Image
“Many people visualize a God who sits comfortably on a distant throne, remote, aloof, uninterested, and indifferent to the needs of mortals,… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
Thanks to the scientific method, most people in "developed" countries have an outlook of mild deism. We assume things like weather and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It is Deism which depicts God as the passive onlooker rather than the active governor of His world, and which assures us… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“[On scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss] [Carl Friedrich] Gauss told his friend Rudolf Wagner, a professor of biology at Gottingen University, that he… — Gerhard Falk Copy Share Image
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Mr. Dawkins' assertions are self-refuting- ie. Actual infinity vs. potential infinity easily makes the most reasonable argument for theism and a Deity.… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“The major premises of Christian religions are (1) the idea of Original Sin and (2) the belief in salvation through faith. Deists… — Monica Sjöö Copy Share Image
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“ Washington , like most scholarly Virginians of his time, was a Deist ... Contemporary evidence shows that in mature life Washington… — Moncure D. Conway Copy Share Image
“My Parents had early given me religious Impressions, and brought me through my Childhood piously in the Dissenting Way. But I was… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“It is only in the CREATION that all our ideas and conceptions of a word of God can unite. The Creation speaketh… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“From the Deist’s perspective, truth is not indoctrination by either science or religion; truth is eloquently expressed through Nature, the true, rational… — Beth Houston Copy Share Image
A few years ago the Deists denied the inspiration of the Bible on account of its cruelty. At the same time they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the emerging picture of mankind in the universe, the future (if it exists) will surely entail discoveries about space and time… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
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![“[On scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss] [Carl Friedrich] Gauss told his friend Rudolf Wagner, a professor of biology at Gottingen University, that he did not believe in the Bible but that he had meditated a great deal on the future of the human soul and speculated on the possibility of the soul being…” quote by Gerhard Falk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/gerhard-falk-89450_belief_on-scientist-carl-friedrich-gauss-carl-f_546628.jpg)
![“The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/thomas-jefferson-43_altars_the-clergy-believe-that-any-portion-of-p_1301853.jpg)
![“Mr. Dawkins' assertions are self-refuting- ie. Actual infinity vs. potential infinity easily makes the most reasonable argument for theism and a Deity. Now, the argument for the Creator God of Christianity requires much more time, energy, and logical effort." ~R. Alan Woods [2007]” quote by R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/r-alan-woods-1455_apologetics_mr-dawkins-assertions-are-self-refuting_801373.jpg)
