Sentences with phrase «on deist»
A christian deist, emphasis on the deist, he's a far more unique brand of christian than Obama.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute, weighs in on the discussion of what free trade really is and what the discussed changes could mean of the economy.
If religion can be turned on its head like this — where the Invisible Hand of Wall Street (invisible to the Justice Department, at least) is elevated to a faux - Deist moral philosophy — is it any surprise that economic orthodoxy and formerly progressive tax policy is succumbing?
The Christian, there is only one god and it is a personal god, the Hindu there are many gods, the Buddhist there are only prophets, the Jew there is a god but the messiah has not yet arrived, the Deist there maybe a universal creative force but certainly zero chance of a supernatural personal god, I could go on but which of these statements is true?
Pope: «We can go on all day quoting and counter-quoting scientists about god, but the reality is that most respected scientists and most smart people think that Christianity is a total fraud, quite apart from any deist or other god beliefs and speculations.»
AE, we can go on all day quoting and counterquoting scientists about god, but the reality is that most respected scientists and most smart people think that Christianity is a total fraud, quite apart from any deist or other god beliefs and speculations.
Toss in the occasional deist and follower of spiritual / philosophical traditions that don't lean heavily on the supernatural such as certain forms of buddhism, pretty much all confucianism, etc, and we're really cooking.
I thought I was an atheist until the age of 45 when I realized that I was a Deist: I believe there was a God but that He / She is long gone and has no direct influence on anything that happens today.
Many liberal Christians, on the other hand, are essentially deists; it is their view that after having created the world and revealed the divine will in its structure and the laws of nature, God can not be looked to for further intervention.
I sometimes have wondered if the more Deist or Spinoza god concept could be followed to the idea that a creative force jump - started this universe only to move on to a new project, maybe never to return, but I like the notion that such a creative force might still be around but perhaps, building on your notion, re-inventing itself and perhaps expanding the internal complexity of this universe as well as time goes on.
I have no argument on what I would call an agnostic atheist versus a deist.
Vic As a Deist I am offended by you daily praise on a public site and so would a Maltheist.
I suspect most Americans are Deists... which in and of itself carries several variations The short list is strict Deist; no involvement by God in daily things (wind the clock and let it tick down), Christian Deist; believeing in the goodness of Jesus Christ and following his ways, but not acknowleding his divinity (same could be said for any number of historical figures), and those Deists who believe God does intervene on occasion in the world.
Depends on how you define God, most likely he was a deist but did not believe in the exact Christian God of the Bible.
«Later in life, Planck's views on God were that of a deist.
As the American founder and Deist Thomas Paine made clear in his book on God, religion, Deism, etc., The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition, «The Calvinist, who damns children of a span long to hell to burn forever for the glory of God (and this is called Christianity), and the Universalist who preaches that all shall be saved and none shall be damned (and this also is called Christianity), boasts alike of their holy [revealed] religion and their Christian faith.»
On this problem, too, the dividing line between the Reformers and ourselves fell in the 18th century, the period of the Enlightenment; and the pioneers were again the English Deists, who turned a skeptical eye to the wondrous events related in the Gospels.
It is also important to note the dates of their writings on this subject because many of them became more Deist with age.
g. Kähler, when he waged war on the X, the god of the pantheists and the deists, and Loofs when he quoted Luther's Ein» feste Burg:
Why does it say on replying to some of my earlier posts, like «Our forefathers were not Christian, they were deists» that «my comment is awaiting moderation?»
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICES COMMITTEE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS (Founded by Deist - Unitarian Clara Barton) AMERICARES HANDS ON HUMANITY is a project of the Universist Movement.
The mild deists such as Franklin and Jefferson were in agreement with the Christian revivalists on many things.
In most cases however, the utter distaste that many had for organized religion makes us (looking back on their writings) incorrectly perceive them as deist when in actuality they acknowledged the divinity of Jesus Christ.
The most common religion listed on the site is «none,» closely followed by atheist and agnostic, with a few Christians, Jews, and an occasional deist, pantheist, or humanist in the mix.
I've tried to consider all the possibilities, from an activist God to a sort of Deist watch - winder to a universe based on circumstance and luck.