Sentences with phrase «deists argued»

The deists argue from the mechanical nature of the universe that its author must be like a machine maker — intelligent and purposeful.

Not exact matches

Like Gerrish, I would rather argue with Deists than with deconstructionists.

Against deists and the orthodox alike Hume argues that the supposed self - evidence of a supreme and moral intelligence is illusory.

Here we are very far indeed from a «watchmaker» that winds up the universe, and then goes his way, as the Deists tended to argue.