Deism is a very important
living philosophy. It is not burdened with man-made dogma masquerading as
divine revelation and clergy who pretend they have special insight into the
mind of The Supreme Intelligence/God. Below are two emails we recently received
which demonstrate the profound good Deism brings to people as well as the
danger Deists in Islamic nations face simply by being a Deist. Both emails make
very clear the importance of Deists stepping forward to do all they can to
promote Deism for the betterment of themselves and of the world. To protect the
Deist in the Islamic nation I'm not including his name or the name of his
country.
"Am so sorry to inform you that, with all the clear conscience I have over the rationality of Deism and the potential it has to make the world a better place, I have to admit the fact that my life and the hope my parents have for me, is now being threatened. I am right now in a teaching hospital, completing my degree in human medicine, which I will complete in the next six months, but since the last discussion we had with a lecturer and some students on Deism vs Islam, the dishonest men went ahead and changed the whole topic by spreading lies that I am challenging or abusing the prophet Muhammad. They asked students to stop talking to me and now I cannot say I am safe or not. .... Meanwhile, I told them that God (Allah) has guided me back to Islam but I don't know if they can convince people and counter the terrible lies they said. Thank you very much. I will live to wish people understand that they have been deceived. May reason prevail."
His email makes clear that Deist who live in nations where they are free to be Deists openly need to step-up to promote Deism right now so we can eventually see to it that Deists and Deism can survive and prosper all around the world. I know several Deists who routinely risk life and limb in Islamic nations. We owe them a lot!
The second email is from Jack B., a Deist in the US in the Appalachians. He was involved in the Christian sects that believe the Bible is the word of God and that it teaches Christians to handle poisonous snakes (Mark 16:18). His country style reliance on common sense and reason reminds me of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett.
"Corrupt politics and corrupt religions have left people to think of nowhere to find truth but science. So Deism, not making any beliefs beyond what an individual is able to understand, is the only logical thing to us. I live deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Most people here don't identify with the right wing or the left wing as Fox news, CNN, and MSNBC are all hypocrites and liars is known fact by all. There's no atheism, nor are they interested in revealed traditions. Independent thought has always been the starting point of the Hillbilly way of life. It doesn't matter what the elites say, it's what's applied to reason that adds up. The only problem has always been lack of info resources, but not lack of free thought. When everybody else gets worried about the economy and other things the Appalachian people resort to reason, never being negative toward Supreme Deistic thought and always encouraged by the God of Nature to supply their needs and survival by nature and reason alone. The people here never took a side on the north and south issues; they're Deist to the core. They just don't know about Thomas Paine, Ethan Allen and Elihu Palmer. Neither would I had I not taken an interest in history.
"Deism is just an unknown truth because the church makes it my way or the highway to eternal hell. Lucky I had two great aunts deep in the Appalachians who taught me that the Bible was a perspective from a certain group of people and that God was revealed in earth, nature, reason. They knew nothing of Thomas Paine or Locke, not even Ben Franklin, so where did it come from - God given reason. Yes two women successfully come up with no outside info on Deism though they knew not the name, they had the concept. God given reason. Coming from a Jesus religion Deism was a conversion but I knew in my heart, mind, body and soul Jesus never handled a snake and it was a desperate plea to make God act as if we could and why wouldn't he already know that we glorify and respect his intelligence and wonderful creation without such acts as to try to dictate to him what we need when he has given us an amount of discovery through science and reason to relate to him and not earn his love. We must be patient, enlightenment to Deism will come."
by Bob Johnson Edited by Ben Johnson
"Am so sorry to inform you that, with all the clear conscience I have over the rationality of Deism and the potential it has to make the world a better place, I have to admit the fact that my life and the hope my parents have for me, is now being threatened. I am right now in a teaching hospital, completing my degree in human medicine, which I will complete in the next six months, but since the last discussion we had with a lecturer and some students on Deism vs Islam, the dishonest men went ahead and changed the whole topic by spreading lies that I am challenging or abusing the prophet Muhammad. They asked students to stop talking to me and now I cannot say I am safe or not. .... Meanwhile, I told them that God (Allah) has guided me back to Islam but I don't know if they can convince people and counter the terrible lies they said. Thank you very much. I will live to wish people understand that they have been deceived. May reason prevail."
His email makes clear that Deist who live in nations where they are free to be Deists openly need to step-up to promote Deism right now so we can eventually see to it that Deists and Deism can survive and prosper all around the world. I know several Deists who routinely risk life and limb in Islamic nations. We owe them a lot!
The second email is from Jack B., a Deist in the US in the Appalachians. He was involved in the Christian sects that believe the Bible is the word of God and that it teaches Christians to handle poisonous snakes (Mark 16:18). His country style reliance on common sense and reason reminds me of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett.
"Corrupt politics and corrupt religions have left people to think of nowhere to find truth but science. So Deism, not making any beliefs beyond what an individual is able to understand, is the only logical thing to us. I live deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Most people here don't identify with the right wing or the left wing as Fox news, CNN, and MSNBC are all hypocrites and liars is known fact by all. There's no atheism, nor are they interested in revealed traditions. Independent thought has always been the starting point of the Hillbilly way of life. It doesn't matter what the elites say, it's what's applied to reason that adds up. The only problem has always been lack of info resources, but not lack of free thought. When everybody else gets worried about the economy and other things the Appalachian people resort to reason, never being negative toward Supreme Deistic thought and always encouraged by the God of Nature to supply their needs and survival by nature and reason alone. The people here never took a side on the north and south issues; they're Deist to the core. They just don't know about Thomas Paine, Ethan Allen and Elihu Palmer. Neither would I had I not taken an interest in history.
"Deism is just an unknown truth because the church makes it my way or the highway to eternal hell. Lucky I had two great aunts deep in the Appalachians who taught me that the Bible was a perspective from a certain group of people and that God was revealed in earth, nature, reason. They knew nothing of Thomas Paine or Locke, not even Ben Franklin, so where did it come from - God given reason. Yes two women successfully come up with no outside info on Deism though they knew not the name, they had the concept. God given reason. Coming from a Jesus religion Deism was a conversion but I knew in my heart, mind, body and soul Jesus never handled a snake and it was a desperate plea to make God act as if we could and why wouldn't he already know that we glorify and respect his intelligence and wonderful creation without such acts as to try to dictate to him what we need when he has given us an amount of discovery through science and reason to relate to him and not earn his love. We must be patient, enlightenment to Deism will come."
by Bob Johnson Edited by Ben Johnson
