A Defense of Religious Liberty

Thesis to Be Proved Religious liberty is the freedom of the people to publicly profess whatever religious truths are agreeable to the reasoned judgment of the majority Preface The appearance of religious liberty within the socio-political order signals an underlying agreement among all believers; therefore, it cannot be the product of any one faith. Instead, the idea of religious liberty coincides with the appearance of a purely rational conception of God among the people. By “rational conception” I mean God as conceived by the mind independently...

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The Essence of Deism

The word "Deism" is derived from the Latin word for God, "Deus." Deism is a natural religion. Deists believe in the existence of God, on purely rational grounds, without any reliance on revealed religion or religious authority or holy text. Because of this, Deism is quite different from religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The latter are based on revelations from God to prophet(s) who then taught it to humans. We like to call...

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My Religion is Life and My Church is the Universe

Deism is Based on Observable Truth and Logic Rather Than Faith in the Unknown Modern Deism is a religion or philosophy that isn't really well understood by the general public. As a deist, I've decided to dedicate an article to explaining what it is and is not. Deism is almost entirely void of faith.  As a deist, you observe the perfect balance and incomprehensible complexity of the universe and consider a creator to be self-evident...

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