Deism

Man’s greatest invention: the wheel, Man’s worst invention: homework (especially on the weekends) The constraint from which reasoning entrapped differences to the freestyle hippie ideal of living now. Puritans soul search, self scrutiny, self-disciplined and moderate themselves for they praised the light of god. Deists rule to acknowledge what's there while opening the gate to individuality, staying curious but witty. To transcendentalists completely individualistic, self reliant, live in the…

Examined Lives Today Arête, excellence, the best possible state of the soul. What kind of attributes does one consider when questioned about the excellence of something? One noticeably valuable and monumental characteristic of arête is religion and what it means to be religious. For this interview I chose to examine my mother, Sandy, knowing she would have the capability to produce knowledgeable answers relating to the means of being religious and the potential connections they have to…

Franklin states in his autobiography, “Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted…

How are Millennials Different? The Collective Individual Millennials are different. They have been studied repeatedly by statisticians for their differences. Marketing companies have been trying to study them because they are going to overtake the Boomer generation in sheer purchasing power in the next couple of years. Millennials have a few core traits that are generally agreed upon; they are special, sheltered, confident, team oriented, conventional, pressured, and achieving. “They are also…

Book Analysis Three: The Holiness of God Young Hoon (John) Kim The first chapter of the book emphasizes God as the Creator. “How we understand the person and character of God the Father affects every aspect of our lives” (13). In other words, if people do not accept God as the Creator, it will affect whole Christianity and people’s belief. Along with the acceptance of God as a Creator, the author, also, emphasizes the understanding of the holiness of In the second chapter of the book, the…

In Voltaire’s Philosophical Dictionary, his vision on ideal religion was certainly not Christianity, but the ideal of Deism. The ideal of Deism is the idea that God existed and he created the universe, but then stopped at that point, and stepped back and let things function and form on their own, creating a culture of relativism. This led Voltaire to believe in religion toleration. A majority of his findings came mostly from the enlightenment era and other philosophers of this era. A lot of the…

rather like a blank wax tablet.” Therefore, instead of followers pushing the ideas of predestination, Christians believed the good deeds done in God’s name truly mattered. The beliefs of suffering and punishment were also challenged by Deism. The Enlightenment and Deism influenced believers into rejecting the idea of God’s interference. By way of reason and enlightenment, Deists believed God created the universe, and then left His followers alone after creation. Through scientific discoveries…

individuals believe that God would draw back from his creation and stop being involved with our day to day living; we define people who believe this unreasonable thinking as Deism. Deism believers think that God constructed the universe, but then he allowed everything to flow in its natural course without any further involvement. Deism also believes that God is not a miracle working God and that our holy bible was not inspired from the prophets of God. Then we have people who believe in…

look into worldviews would help me create a contrast between what I did and did not believe, and if I could find the truth of Christianity which had been eluding me for so long. In this course, I found that the topics of Classical Christian Theism, Deism, Traditionalism, New Age Philosophy, and Postmodernism had all influenced my own, current understanding. And, through studying these, I realized how I had arrived at my current beliefs, and how to continue my journey for truth. Growing up,…

chapters in the book discuss the differences between unbelief. Some people claim to be atheists while others see themselves as agnostics. Clarification is given about what constitutes a skeptic or an infidel. Dr. Thompson also defines and discusses deism, pantheism, as well as panentheism. These opening chapters are vital first steps in understanding and then appropriately answering the critics and skeptics, no matter what breed they be. For example, while describing and discussing atheism, Dr.…