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higher than the survey shows because the survey uses an outdated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? I am not alone.
How I Became a Deist
by Charles McQuaid
I have been searching for a lot of years for an
answer of just exactly what I believed in. I knew I was not an
atheist so my next best choice was agnostic. But that didn't do a
good job of describing my beliefs either. So I just told folks that
I believed in God, I just did not believe what man told me about
him. I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic schools. Early on
the nuns instilled the idea that I had to have faith to explain the
unexplainable. Later, however, the Jesuits did too good of a job on
me and actually taught me how to think. I read Common Sense
in high school but it never occurred to me to read The Age of
Reason and now I wonder about that because Common Sense
was great.
But I have been so alone in my beliefs - I could not even tell
anyone what they were because I did not understand them myself. Now
I can tell people what they are - someone else (apparently a lot of
someone elses) have had them for a very long time and have done a
great job of writing about them. I have a lot of reading to do - as
well as a lot of thinking - and I am really truly looking forward to
learning - and developing into the entity that God intended me to
be.
Now that my searching has been rewarded I can go forward a much
happier and fulfilled person - I understand so much more about
myself now than I ever did before. It is like a ton of weights have
been lifted off my shoulders.
Thank you for existing -
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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.