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higher than the survey shows because the survey uses an outdated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? From Seventh Day Adventism to
Baptist to Deism
How I Became a Deist
by Jack Evans
From the age of nine until my rebellious late teens I was raised in
the Seventh Day Adventist church where not only was the bible
revered as the inerrant word of God. The churche's prophet Ellen G.
White and her writings revealed through visions were viewed as
inspired, and vital to the understanding of the bible.
After nine years I became
disillusioned with its legalistic teachings, and inability to live
up to God’s demands and those of Ellen G. White and subsequently
left the church. After attending Calvary Chapel for a few years I
settled in a Baptist
Church
The last year at the Baptist church
we were studying Rick Warrens book “The Purpose Driven Life” when I
began to ask questions about the God of the bible as ‘revealed’
through Warrens' book. For instance, why does God require us to
worship him constantly if he was self sufficient in himself being
the perfect God he is? After all an all benevolent being that is
omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient doesn’t have humanities'
psychological baggage. Why
does God get jealous if his people choose not to worship him? Isn’t
jealously a sin we are commanded not to partake in? Worse of all,
why does God command to kill or himself kill those who he doesn’t
like in violation of his own commandment? The pat answers of “God’s
ways are not our ways” or you must “have faith” were not enough.
I began to read books like the “Age
of Reason” by Paine, “The Crucifixion of Truth” by Tony Bushby and
“Biblical Inerrancy” by Dennis McKensey and the scales fell from my
eyes. The questioning of my faith in organized religion was shook to
the core and I suffered severe cognitive dissonance for two years. I
finally left the faith and found Deism as being the closest to what
I felt was truth.
Deism has allowed me to throw off the chains of dogmatism, religious
slavery and legalistic bondage to revealed texts and prophets in
exchange for the reasoning, thinking and logical skills God gave me.
I now see that revealed religion has been and still is the major
cause of all of the world's suffering under many an oppressive
regime in other countries, and a danger to our First Amendment right
to freedom of and from religion in this country.
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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.