A recent survey on religion shows there are 34
million Americans who are classified as "Nones", that is they do
not embrace any of the "revealed" religions and the vast
majority of them are not Atheists. In actuality, the vast
majority of the "Nones" are actually Deists!
The survey shows a giant step forward for Deism in the fact that it
actually uses the word "Deist" and for the very significant raw
numbers it shows as representing the number of people who are
Deists. In reality, the number of Deists is actually
higher than the survey shows because the survey uses an outdated
definition of Deist. For a more accurate definition please see
our Deism
Defined page.
Click here to read the
actual survey. (It's in PDF)
Why Deism? God-given Reason Guided Her to
Deism
God-given Reason Guided Her to Deism
by Jane Benton
Deism was a lifeline to me that I literally stumbled
across not long ago while I was lost in the confusing world of revealed
religion. I am 46 years
old, and have spent the last 27 years visiting so many different
Christian churches that I don’t think I could list them all!
But, something inside me kept me moving from one religion to
another and from one church to another, never letting me rest and
continually pushing me to find the true path to God.
I never understood the reason why I could not settle into
Christianity as was expected of me, but now I know!
The reason was reason,
my own God-given reason! My
reason would not let me believe the contradictory and confusing stories
presented to me that were not evidenced anywhere!
How clear it is now, for the first time in my life, I am finally
at peace inside and it feels so good!
There really is happiness, peace, and unity in Deism!
I am a Deist, and want to share
with everyone I love and everyone I meet, and offer the same lifeline
out of the miserable and prejudiced dogmas of revealed religions.
Five things I love about deism (I could list 100, but we will stay with
five for now):
1.
In Deism, I am not expected to believe stories and ideas presented to me
that are not evidenced anywhere in the works of God.
Thank you for this one, as God’s gift of reason absolutely will
not allow me to live a life governed by blind faith!!
2.
In Deism, science is a wonderful tool and not an enemy!! Scientific
discoveries do not have to pass the ‘Bible test’ by undergoing
reconciliation with the stories of the Bible!
I love that Deists recognize that the Creator of man is also the
Creator of science, and it is through the study of the creation that we
learn of and see God.
3.
And thank you Deism for not pretending to know what happens to us after
our bodies die!! Reason will not
let me believe that our Creator’s plan is to torture our everlasting
souls if we do not live by the impossible dogmas written and voted upon
by a host of men over a thousand years ago!
I prefer to trust that our Creator has a plan for us, and just
like Thomas Paine, I choose to leave these matters to God.
4.
WE ARE ALL EQUAL!! Deists do not
believe that God has chosen an enlightened individual to reveal himself
to and does not have a chosen group of people to be the recipient of
special gifts! This is GREAT
news! God’s word is visible to all mankind in the works of the
creation!! Wow! This makes much
more sense then expecting us to believe the stories of mystical
appearances and miracles that suspend God’s own laws of nature, the very
laws on which our existence depends. As the opening of the Declaration
of Independence states, “all men are created equal with certain
inalienable rights.” How
true this becomes in Deism; all genders, all sexual orientations, and
all races - equal.
Are those representing man-made
religion to decide who in God’s creation is to be accepted and who is to
be rejected? Are we to
listen to the word of various humans each with their own agendas, or
should we turn to the true, unbiased word of God?
5.
We are to honor life; our own and that of others.
How simple is that? By
removing the prejudiced, confusing and contradictory dogmas of the
various man-made cultural religions, we are free to return to a simple
and pure love of God. No
more hatred and violence. No
more depending on prayer to make things happen or to save the life of a
child, we are created by God who gave us reason, free will, and those
who are gifted and driven to study medicine and science.
We have the ability to take care of each other, and it is up to
us to create the
Peace, love, and unity to all
Jane
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Latest News of Interest to Deists
A judge drops charges against a woman who withheld
food and water from her son during an exorcism to the point that the
boy had to be treated in a hospital for dehydration!!
The article makes clear the judge based his decision, not on the rule of law, but on the prevailing superstitions in Gwinnett County, Georgia! The fact that in 2009 people still really believe in devils and demons demonstrates clearly the NEED FOR DEISM AND GOD-GIVEN REASON!
The article makes clear the judge based his decision, not on the rule of law, but on the prevailing superstitions in Gwinnett County, Georgia! The fact that in 2009 people still really believe in devils and demons demonstrates clearly the NEED FOR DEISM AND GOD-GIVEN REASON!
Obama is making the mixing of church and state
worse than ever before.
Obama supporters forget that when all is said and done, Obama is just another politician. This article shows he's proving that he is nothing but a politician by doing more than any other president to mix religion and government, especially through giving tax-dollars to religious organizations.
Obama supporters forget that when all is said and done, Obama is just another politician. This article shows he's proving that he is nothing but a politician by doing more than any other president to mix religion and government, especially through giving tax-dollars to religious organizations.