Thanksgiving For Deism!
by Robert L. Johnson
Thankfulness and gratitude really add a lot to our
lives. Being truly thankful brings profound happiness. Appreciation
breeds content and yet more happiness.
Deism is something we can truly be thankful for. For thousands of years
mankind has searched for meaning to life, has searched for an idea of
God. Not until the advent of Deism beginning in the European
Enlightenment has, to paraphrase Thomas Paine, our reason and our belief
been happily united. This is a huge giant step in the progress of both
mankind and the individual! It is something to be very thankful for!
When I look back at being entangled from birth in the web of "revealed"
religion, I feel sorry for the years that I wasted pursuing and
promoting first Roman Catholicism and then fundamentalist Christianity.
However, I'm eternally grateful that I discovered Deism 23 years ago and
have the opportunity to spread it as far and as wide as I possibly can!
What an honor and what a privilege!
I'm also profoundly grateful to those who came before us with the Deist
message. People like Lord Herbert, Voltaire, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine,
Thomas Jefferson, Ethan Alle, Elihu Palmer and his wife to name just a
few. And I'm also deeply appreciative of Deists of today like Ray
Fontaine, Pauline Rocco, Peter Murphy, Mark Brochu and everyone who
actually takes action to see that Deism succeeds by writing, by working,
by talking to others and by distributing our World Union of Deists
leaflets and all of you who subscribe to our Deist webzine,
Deistic Thought & Action!, and who make financial contributions
that are so necessary to continue the growth of Deism! I love you all
and count it a sincere honor to work with you for our common Deistic
cause!
Because Deism is grounded in reason, it cannot be beat. None of the
"revealed" religions can successfully stand against Deism. And neither
can Atheism. The evolution of Antony Flew, a life long Atheist, to Deism
makes this point. Mr. Flew is a very honest man who said he arrived at
Deism by "following the evidence." There is not one other belief system
that I'm aware of that can say that. Deism makes converts on its own
because it works with the God-given reason that is in all of us. It's up
to us to see to it that enough people are made aware of Deism to make a
genuine positive change in the lives of individuals and in society.
Thank you all for all you've done and all you're doing to guarantee our
Deist victory!
John McCain, who says he agrees with the majority of Americans who erroneously believe the US Constitution established the United States as a Christian nation, is endorsed by a powerful Christian preacher who believes America was founded, in part, to destroy Islam!
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Hilary Clinton says, "I think the whole Bible is real." So she believes in the talking donkey (Numbers 22:28), that any nation that will not serve Israel should "be utterly wasted" (Isaiah 60:10-12), among many other ridiculous claims! Based on the blank check both Democratic and Republican politicians give to Israel, it appears they're all strong believers in the Hebrew Bible!
Barack Obama gave a speech in which he used the genocidal maniacs, Moses and Joshua, as great examples to be followed! It's pathetic and dangerous when in this nuclear age politicians still cling to the insanity found in the Bible, Torah and Koran! Here are just two examples to demonstrate that Moses and Joshua were murderous butchers. Deuteronomy 2:34 in which Moses brags about killing "men, women and the little ones", and Joshua 6:21 which says the Hebrews "utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword." How Obama can think this is good is beyond reason!
50 people who believed there was an image of the fictional virgin Mary on the sun were blinded due to looking directly at the sun while trying to see the image! Our God-given reason is the only thing that will protect us from such ignorance and superstition - if we decide to use it!
