How I Became a Deist
by Francesca Thomas
I was born and raised in New Zealand - by very religious parents. I was raised a Baptist.
I quit the church at 19, after reading Holy Blood, Holy Grail. And then continued reading to find a belief that I could replace the spiritual hole.
Basically I quit because of the hypocrisy I was seeing in my own church, and in the world, and in history.
Eventually I decided that I believed in God the creator, but nothing else. (no jesus, no resurrection, no miracles, no holy spirit, and the bible was written by man)
I had no name for this belief, I assumed it was entirely my own belief and that it did not have a name.
Life went on, I did the daily grind at my job, I got married, moved to Canada, had a family, none of us attending any church or following any religion.
Just recently at the age of 42, I stumbled across an article about the American Founders being Deists, and the article described what Deism was. Those beliefs matched mine exactly. Finally after 20 years I have a name for my beliefs.
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!
