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To: RedTail
If our founding fathers were deists, they weren't very strong ones. They attended church services...

All of which are perfectly in agreement with an evolving Deism, as well as Christianity.

Deists are to Christians as Conservatives are to Republicans.

Mixing politics and religion - flame on !
32 posted on 05/29/2005 4:25:57 PM PDT by clyde asbury (Exhuming McCarthy)
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To: clyde asbury

Sorry Clyde, but that's not the case. Deists don't believe in organized religion. They don't believe in holy doctrine such as the Bible. They don't believe there is an afterlife. They believe prayer is a waste of time, and that man's true purpose is to rationalize the universe. No, this all runs counter to Deistic beliefs.


44 posted on 05/29/2005 4:33:31 PM PDT by RedTail
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To: clyde asbury

Furthermore the most important aspect of Deism is that God created the universe and that was it. He's taken no further action since then. Our founding fathers believed otherwise.


50 posted on 05/29/2005 4:35:21 PM PDT by RedTail
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To: clyde asbury

Clyde the basic principle of Deism is that Natures God started the ball rolling and then withdrew. Any prayers or entreaties for Divine Intervention and you've gone from Deist to Theist, snap, just like that.


52 posted on 05/29/2005 4:36:33 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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