When it comes to trying to explain the natural order of the world and how things work, most people turn to religion or some sort of belief. During the Enlightenment, most Europeans or Americans believed either in some form of Christianity or Catholicism whether it be Protestantism, Puritanism, Anglicanism, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Lutheranism and Pietism to name a few. There were more held beliefs and different reformations during the creation of America, but those are just a few to name. Traditional religions such as Christianity teach us that we each as individuals have a special relationship with God and are taught to behave and act a certain way towards each other. Many of these traditional religions rely on emotional appeal rather than an intellectual one.
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Rather, Deists believe that we need to enlighten and save ourselves from poor morals, reasoning, and ignorance. This is where the creation of deism comes in during the Enlightenment in America. Deism challenges the natural belief and outlook of events and circumstances in life rather than obliviously believing in them. Deism looks to science, reason, and moral sense to determine how things came to be and to explain how the world works. Deists believe in form of God or Supreme Being, but they don’t necessarily believe in any religion and they base their outlook on the natural order of things, the laws of nature, and natural design within our world. “Rejecting the divinity of Christ and the authority of the Bible, desists relied on ‘natural reason, their innate moral sense, to define right and wrong’” (Chapter 4, pp. 117). To me, this sounds like a form of atheism, but deists believe in a creator that can be explained through the world around us. Religions claim to reveal themselves through religious texts, scriptures, and prophets, but that sounds like a false narrative because how would we know where we came
Rather, Deists believe that we need to enlighten and save ourselves from poor morals, reasoning, and ignorance. This is where the creation of deism comes in during the Enlightenment in America. Deism challenges the natural belief and outlook of events and circumstances in life rather than obliviously believing in them. Deism looks to science, reason, and moral sense to determine how things came to be and to explain how the world works. Deists believe in form of God or Supreme Being, but they don’t necessarily believe in any religion and they base their outlook on the natural order of things, the laws of nature, and natural design within our world. “Rejecting the divinity of Christ and the authority of the Bible, desists relied on ‘natural reason, their innate moral sense, to define right and wrong’” (Chapter 4, pp. 117). To me, this sounds like a form of atheism, but deists believe in a creator that can be explained through the world around us. Religions claim to reveal themselves through religious texts, scriptures, and prophets, but that sounds like a false narrative because how would we know where we came