Deist Quotes

10 quotes by 8 authors

• Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the… — Benjamin Franklin
• The Baptist found him far too deep; The Deist sighed with saving sorrow; And the lean Levite went to sleep, And dreamed of tasting pork… — Winthrop Mackworth Praed
• Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of the number; and indeed, that… — Patrick Henry
• Not one of the first six [U.S.] presidents was an orthodox Christian. Most of the founders were Deists, who "doubted that Christ was a god"… — Robert Sherrill
• For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be listening. He, or… — N. T. Wright
• It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible. — Thomas Paine
• The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miracles to confirm his faith, for what can be a greater miracle than the creation… — Thomas Paine
• The creation is the Bible of the Deist. He there reads, in the handwriting of the Creator himself, the certainty of His existence and the… — Thomas Paine
• Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of… — Peter Kreeft
• The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is… — William Cowper

Who Wrote These Deist Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 10 Deist Quotes as follows:

• 3 Deist Quotes by Thomas Paine
• 1 Deist Quote by Benjamin Franklin
• 1 Deist Quote by Winthrop Mackworth Praed
• 1 Deist Quote by N. T. Wright
• 1 Deist Quote by William Cowper
• 1 Deist Quote by Patrick Henry
• 1 Deist Quote by Robert Sherrill
• 1 Deist Quote by Peter Kreeft