| 单词 | deist |
| 例句 | About 1.5% of the American population identifies as “other faiths,” including “Unitarians, those who identify with Native American religions, Pagans, Wiccans, New Agers, deists, Scientologists, pantheists, polytheists, Satanists and Druids, to name just a few.” Meet the modern-day Pagans who celebrate the ancient gods 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z One lawmaker fulminated about the possibility of “pagans, deists and Mahometans” seeking office. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z In other words, the divine watchmaker imagined by deists like Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Antony Flew, 87, Philosopher and Ex-Atheist, Dies 2010-04-17T02:21:00Z Neil Armstrong, though he considered himself a deist, was nonetheless looked up to as a Christian role model who fulfilled a divine promise that humanity would someday reach the stars. Is there a place for spirituality in space science? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z “Let’s start with the fact the majority of our founding fathers were deists.” America was not founded by atheists and deists 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Most of them are these vague references to a kind of deist God. Trump and the Christians: Evangelical historian John Fea on decoding the great paradox 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Marcus singled out county officials who testified they would bar prayers from deists, Wiccans, Rastafarians and polytheists, and would have to think “long and hard” before inviting Hindus, Sikhs or followers of Native-American religions. Florida county cannot ban invocations by atheists: U.S. appeals court 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z “I had often heard you indignantly called, deist, infidel, illuminati &c &c,” King wrote. Saving Thomas Jefferson’s soul 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, a deist who rejected the divinity of Christ, bridled when he was called an atheist by his opponents. Opinion | It’s time for us to have an unapologetic atheist in the Oval Office 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z I do not categorise myself as a deist yet. Losing their religion: The young Turks rejecting Islam 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Surely a traditional belief in god is not fundamental to being an American, not what the deists, rationalists, and amateur scientists who founded this country favored. Opinion | Only Mass Deportation Can Save America 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Consider Christian fundamentalists’ molding the Enlightenment thinker and deist Thomas Jefferson into one of their own. Brit right-winger Nigel Farage is right: Trump is a lot like Reagan — in all the worst possible ways 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Carson uses “secular” as an insult, yet some of the most adored founders were secular deists, who despised and feared theocracy. Ben Carson’s hilarious, ridiculous, completely broken history: A rare window into the extreme right’s fact-challenged worldview 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Others believe in a deist god, a cosmic watchmaker who wound up the universe and then stepped back. Many non-religious people still believe in God – what is that all about? | Adam Lee 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Voltaire pioneered the technique 2 1 / 2 centuries ago, depicting a government of refined Confucian deists in counterpoint to the barbarities and superstitions of Europe. For American pundits, China isn’t a country. It’s a fantasyland. 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a philosophy, a way of looking at life. Olga was an atheist, but I am a deist, like our founding fathers. I’m not against Christians; I’m just not one.” Local collector shares art collection at Altoona museum 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Some call them “nones”: agnostics, atheists, deists, secular humanists, general humanists, and people who just don’t care to identify with any religious group. One nation without God: Why a post-religious America is upon us 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z However, he urged Nigerians to "remain calm and deist from violence and any activity which will compound this unfortunate development". Nigeria delay 'setback for democracy' 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z The local residents who brought the suit included a Catholic man and a self-described deist, who says he believes in a higher power but does not adhere to a specific denomination. Carroll County board votes to resume sectarian prayers 2014-05-10T01:29:35Z Almost all of the founding fathers were deists, not Christians. Can North Carolina Declare an “Official” Religion? 2013-04-08T09:45:45Z It has been very often said, that the convicts in state-prisons are either atheists, deists, or universalists, than which, however, nothing can be farther from the truth. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z I have the honor to be a master deist; but though our trades are opposed, I will give you some supper to-night and some work to-morrow. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z As before said, his metaphysic contains in abstracto the principles which were at that time being employed, uncritically, alike by the deists and by their antagonists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Neil Ridgely, the deist, is a retired county employee who worked variously as zoning commissioner, sustainability director and the manager of landscaping and forest conservation. Carroll County board votes to resume sectarian prayers 2014-05-10T01:29:35Z The deists of Socrates' time must have been far less culpable than those of the present day. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z I have found only two atheists, not one deist, and but one universalist. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z The deists of the seventeenth century in no wise balanced their denials by their affirmations, but left Christianity fearfully shattered by their blows. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Many of the leaders of the revolutionary movement were deists, though it is quite false to say that the extreme methods of the movement were the result of widespread rationalism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z What right have you to occupy the position of the deists, and to put forth arguments that even Christians have answered? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z I formed an acquaintance with some deists, at first with the design of converting them, and afterwards with the pretence of thoroughly examining their sentiments. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z And if it should then be shown that all the doubters, deists, and atheists, are vile and vicious wretches, the question still would wait for a reply. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z Elsewhere he prefers the atheist, or what would now be called the agnostic, to the deist, who, rejecting revelation, professes belief in a God fashioned according to the constitution of his own mind. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z In England, though the deists were forgotten, their spirit was not wholly dead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The deist denounced the God of the Bible because of his cruelty, and at the same time lauded the God of Nature. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z You may be in their company for weeks, and for anything you may hear or see on a week day you might suppose they were infidels or deists. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z If it were so, he would follow close on the steps of the English deists of the school of Pope. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Had he seen reason to reject revelation he would not have been a deist, any more than Dr. Chalmers. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z The original deists displayed a singular incapacity to understand the true conditions of history; yet amongst them there were some who pointed the way to the truer, more generous interpretation of the past. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The deists have contended that the Old Testament is too cruel and barbarous to be the work of a wise and loving God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z He later called himself a deist, or theist, not discriminating between the terms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The English deists were dead, and would have continued so but for him. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z He was orderly and temperate, they were gross and debauched; he was a deist, they were atheists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The small value they attributed to all outward and special forms of service, and the want of any sympathetic craving for the communion of saints, saved the deists from attempting to found a free-thinking church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Butler answered deists, who objected to the cruelties of the Bible, and yet lauded the God of Nature by showing that the God of Nature is as cruel as the God of the Bible. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The "Age of Reason" had not appeared in America early enough to affect the matter, even should we suppose it offensive to a deist like Washington. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z We have now bigoted monks of atheism, grand-inquisitors of infidelity, who would have bound Voltaire to the stake because he was at heart an obstinate deist. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z I, gentlemen, am a deist, a philosopher, but a passable Catholic. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z In the substance of what they received as natural religion, the deists were for the most part agreed; Herbert’s articles continued to contain the fundamentals of their theology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Of English apologists who wrote against the deists, Leland, died a.d. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z He is more discriminating than the early deists in his explanations of the scriptural marvels which he discredits. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Moreover, she was a disciple of Rousseau, and a strict deist. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z When the term first came into general use, about the end of the seventeenth century, it was mainly used with reference to those deists who were then attacking Christianity. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z Even some cultured theologians, the historical representatives of latitudinarianism, seem to accept the great body of what was contended for by the deists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z A tendency similar to that of the English deists was represented in Germany by Matthias Knutzen, who sought to found a freethinking sect. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z There were many deists in that Church, whose laws then as now were sufficiently liberal to include them. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Having heard the saying of Voltaire that, if God did not exist, it would be- 80 - necessary to invent him, J. J. Rousseau invented the Supreme Being, the abstract and sterile God of the deists. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z He was a deist, and his doctrine he did impart to the Earl of Northumberland and to Sir Walter Rawleigh, when he was compiling his ‘History of the World.’ Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The deists were not powerful writers; none of them was distinguished by wide and accurate scholarship; hardly any was either a deep or comprehensive thinker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z On philosophic grounds the English deists affirmed the impossibility of revelation, inspiration, prophecy, and miracle, and on critical grounds rejected them from the Bible and history. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z He cannot be classed with deists of the past or theists of the present. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Voltaire, on the contrary, at once a freethinker and a deist, suited it very well. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z As all such results contradicted received opinions, this pious and learned man was condemned by some as “an Arian, a Socinian, or at best a deist.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It seems probable, for example, that in Portugal the marquis de Pombal was in reality a deist, and both in Italy and in Spain there were signs of the same rationalistic revolt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The most notable deists of this age were John Toland, an Irishman, first Catholic, then Arminian, died a.d. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z It raised before the French the pure deity of Herbert, of Newton, and other English deists whose works were unknown in France. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z They declared that 'a baptist, a methodist, a universalist, a quaker, a calvinist, a deist, or any other ist, provided he or she is a genuine good moralist, are equally privileged and equally esteemed.' History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Hence, Newtonian physics became the surest ally of the deist in his quest for a religion, immutable and universal. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Though himself contemporary with the earlier deists, Bolingbroke’s principal works were posthumously published after interest in the controversy had declined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The writings of the English deists were translated and refuted, but mostly in so weak a style that the effect was the opposite of that intended. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The special wrath with which Paine is still visited, above all other deists put together, or even atheists is a tradition from a so-called Christianity which his work compelled to capitulate. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Free thought was already beginning to sap their defences in various directions, and in Tom Paine, Priestley, Price, Godwin and Mackintosh they found more formidable adversaries than in the earlier deists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z As a deist he accepted "one supreme, most perfect Being." Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z For men like Hume and Gibbon the standpoint of deism was long left behind; yet Gibbon’s famous two chapters might well have been written by a deist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z His religion had been outwardly that of a deist; he now professed a piety which he always felt but rarely practised. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z None of the aristocratic deists, who wrote for the upper classes, were dealt with in the same way. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Those who have it not, must be classed with atheists or deists. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z In company with the supernatural rationalists and deists, Franklin exalted Reason as the experience through which God is discovered and known. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Shaftesbury, dealing with matters for the most part different from those usually handled by the deists, stands almost wholly out of their ranks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Of all the attacks ever made on the Bible, by "deists" and "infidels," none would do so much to bring it into disrepute, as to show that it sanctioned American slavery. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z You profess yourself to be a deist, and to believe that there is a God, who created the universe, and established the laws of nature, by which it is sustained in existence. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z “The founders deliberately left the word ‘God’ out of the Constitution — but not because they were a bunch of atheists and deists,” says Susan Jacoby, author of “Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism.” 2010-02-11T20:23:00Z Even so did Whitefield regard Franklin, the man and printer—though not the scientific deist. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z But he writes with keenness and wit, and knows well how to use the materials already often taken advantage of by earlier deists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The suggestion was adopted, and the first Roman Catholic bishop of the United States owed his elevation to the influence of a deist. The True Benjamin Franklin When Richard Carlile entered prison it was as a captive deist; when he came out the freethinkers of England were generally atheists. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The God of Nature, whom deists confess does punish in time, if they will 192 but look at the facts; why not in eternity? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Stimulating notes, such as the following: Franklin was "a great pagan, who lapsed now and then into the pseudo-religious platitudes of the eighteenth-century deists." Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z And nothing can be more misleading than to assume that the belief in a Creator, existent wholly apart from the work of his hands, was characteristic of the deists as a body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z “M. B. is a deist,” Whitefield said, “I had almost said an atheist.” The True Benjamin Franklin "Providence must be as bad as Thomas Paine," wrote the old deist. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z It appeared in the result, that almost the whole of the French higher orders were either deists or total unbelievers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 If, as the deists charged, Christ appeared rather belatedly, the apologists countered that he was sent only when the race was prepared to profit by his coming. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z The deists were, as usually happens with the leaders of English thought, no class of professional men, but represented every rank in the community. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z He commented in his bright way on a sentence in the journal which said that there was no difference between a deist and an atheist. The True Benjamin Franklin Mr. Kirkbride and Polly went to hear a David Jones preach a rhodomontade sermon about the Devil, Mary Magdalen, and against deists, etc. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z But against such isolated deists and atheists, most of the philosophers, and the Christian piety of the great mass of the people, rose in arms. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Attempts to see his thought in reference to various representative deists. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Rousseau, though not an active assailant of Christianity, could have claimed kindred with the nobler deists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Franklin read some of these sermons when he was only fifteen years old, and was very much interested in the attacks made in them on the deists, the forerunners of the modern Unitarians. The True Benjamin Franklin One was the soul of a deist and the other the soul of an atheist, and they argued and argued through one eternity after another. The Book of Gud He took a leading part in the deist controversies of the time, and discussed with some of the bishops the possibility of an act of comprehension. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" How about the atheist, the deist, the pantheist? Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments By the majority of those historically known as the English deists, from Blount onwards, the name was owned and honoured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z He thought that the arguments of the deists which were quoted to be refuted were much stronger than the attempts to refute them. The True Benjamin Franklin They argued not wisely but too well, for each finally converted the other, and the deist became an atheist and the atheist became a deist. The Book of Gud From purer manners, to sublimer faith, Is nature’s unavoidable ascent; 1348 An honest deist, where the Gospel shines, Matured to nobler, in the Christian ends. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes The deist says there is no use in praying, because nothing can change the decrees of deity; God never answers prayer. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments Locke’s philosophy, as well as his theology, served as a school for the deists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Jefferson, as we have said, was a deist. Thomas Jefferson He was, however, a rationalist and deist, and never believed anything, as he declared himself, that he could not understand. Lectures on The Science of Language They were for the most part religious liberals and deists, rarely atheists, but that was enough to array the bishops, like monseigneur Pie of Poitiers, against them. A History of the Third French Republic He was accused of being an atheist, a deist, a mocker and reviler of religion, ... and one who was twice drunk every day.' Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Chubb, the least learnedly educated of the deists, did more than any of them, save Herbert, to round his system into a logical whole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z You, the deist, the female philosopher, will recall with regret the cloisters where in your adolescence you tasted the peace of the elect. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Yes, they will, for a large majority of the North are unbelievers in the Bible; and this paper will make a large number of their clergy deists and atheists. The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. To what purpose should I study here or elsewhere, were I an atheist or deist, for one of the two you take me to be? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The works of the two Chandlers against Collins, and Leland's work on the deists, rise into this tone at times. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Still Franklin, like his brother deists, Hume and Voltaire, seeing how impotent were all the motives they could urge to make man virtuous, became thoroughly disgusted with human nature. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series The irony is abrasive simply because it unanswerably singles out the great rhetorical failure of orthodoxy, its inability to argue from a set of principles as acceptable to the deists as to themselves. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) He tells us how 'kings were first invented'—the ordinary theory of the time being that political—deists added religious—institutions were all somehow 'invented' by knaves to impose upon fools. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) If the matters in dispute between theist, deist, and pantheist are trivialities, then and then only can we regard the enterprise of the Christologians as chimerical and their achievements as futile. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology It will be seen from these remarks that Blount hardly makes an advance on his deist predecessor Herbert, save that his view is more positive, and his antipathy to Christian worship less concealed. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It is surprising, that he could have thought it possible, that the eminent Christians, clergy and laity of that church, would accept at the hands of a deist, their form of worship. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series In the forefront of this group was John Rogers, whose hostility to the deist was articulate and compulsive. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) Paine was, like Franklin, Jefferson and Washington, a deist; and he differed from them only in the courage which prompted him to declare his belief. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle According to the deist there was once at a definite point of time a relation between God and the world, the relation of creation. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Of these, the first most nearly resembles the great mass of the deist objections to revelation, being philosophical rather than critical. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion In conversation he ever frankly avowed himself a deist, though generally he made no attempt to convert others to his views. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series It was too conscious of the tug-of-war between the deist and Rogers, too arbitrary in its choice of prohibition. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) Now the deists of the eighteenth century, of whom Voltaire was the great champion, denied revelation and sought to banish the emotions from religion. Benjamin Franklin The deist believes in God; but his is a self-contained God, who does not interfere in the course of things or continue creating. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology It has acted not only as an argument to the deists, but as a lesson of instruction to the church. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion In order to refute the arguments of the deists, the lecturers were bound to produce those arguments fairly and forcibly. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series For example, the Grounds and Reasons is the deist’s first extended attack upon revelation. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) Lord Dexter believed in transmigration, sometimes; at others he was a deist. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of the number; and, indeed, that some good people think I am no Christian. Patrick Henry Incidental allusions have already been made to its effects at the court of Prussia,619 and to the traces of its tone in some of the later of the English deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Probably suspicions of his orthodoxy were enhanced from the fact that he brought high testimonials of eloquence from several of the most prominent deists and free-thinkers in England. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series New gladiators, as different from each other as the nonconformist divine Samuel Chandler and the deist Thomas Chubb, entered the arena on behalf of Collins. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) On the contrary, he was always a deist. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History In fact, Venn had the credit of having denounced Thomas Bundle, who, according to Pope, 'had a heart,' and according to Venn was a deist in disguise. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice An anonymous work was published in 1744, which merits notice as indicating a slight alteration in the mode of attack on the part of the deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion He was a deist, being in entire sympathy with Franklin in his views of Christianity. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Now an orthodox professor will admit that the deist was perfectly right, and only tries to persuade himself that arguments from facts are superfluous. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Mr. C., in your very severe strictures on the deists, are you not condemning yourself? The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 Indeed this borders upon deism; for the deists argue, “Do you think that praying will make God change his mind?” A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism Punishment in a future world is denied as incompatible with Divine benevolence; and the safety of the deist creed is supported by showing that a moral life is superior to belief in mysteries. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion “Yes,” said I laughing, “all the atheists, deists and libertines, as well as the philosophers and ladies are in his train.” Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series The most famous philosophers of my youth endeavoured to upset the deist by laying the foundation of Agnosticism, arbitrarily tagged to an orthodox conclusion. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies The atheist, you see, is proved a fool, and the deist is no better. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 And hence, if the deist or the Socinian would escape from this frightful spectre of his own imagination, he must bury himself in the most profound depths and most cheerless gloom of atheism. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory It restrained the deists from falling into the forms of subtle pantheism previously noticed, and the atheism which will hereafter meet us. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The French materialists had this conviction, to a fanatical degree, no less than the deists, Voltaire and Rousseau, and made the greatest personal sacrifices for it. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy Nearly two centuries ago, for example, a deist pointed out that the writer of the Book of Daniel, like other people, must have written after the events which he mentioned. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Having rather conceded that atheists are fools, and turned deists, are you really any better off? The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 The divines of the eighteenth century had, as they boasted, confuted the deists; but it was mainly by showing that they could be deists in all but the name. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Some of the deists were very moral men, a few immoral; but the truth or untruth of opinions may be studied apart from the character of the persons who maintain them. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Atheism then has become democratic as a weapon against the deists who are generally aristocrats. The Cult of Incompetence His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Like many of his contemporaries he was a deist, and held that God had revealed Himself in nature and in our hearts, not in Bible or church. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe It is, therefore, not surprising to find the names of the deists, Franklin and Paine, associated with Quakers in this movement. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. In the deist controversy the whole question turned upon the differences and respective degrees of obligation of natural and revealed religion, moral and positive duties; the deist conceding the one, denying the other. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion In early manhood, however, he was thrown into the society of deists, whose influence was the stronger from the fact that they were mostly good citizens, and men of humane and benevolent disposition. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan A deist or theist in Franklin's time was one who believed in a God, but questioned the Christian faith and system. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Its vitality was somewhat injured by its controversy with the deists, and still more by the action of the state. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration He is deist, pantheist, atheist; he is a materialist—one, however, who conceives matter not as inert, but quick with force. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The narrative of Christ the Son of God, coming down to seek and to save that which was lost, awoke an echo in the heart which neutralized the doubts infused by the deist. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Sinners were converted, Christians were roused to greater consecration, and deists and infidels were led to acknowledge the truth of the Bible and the Christian religion. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan At the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin In many localities the newer denominations, hitherto sects, were more influential than the old one, and in this abolition of ecclesiastical taxes they had with them Jews, atheists, deists, agnostics, and heathen. History of the United States, Volume 3 A deist is one who believes in God but denies revealed religion. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois But he is driven to concede some things denied by former deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The leaders in thought are the shameless and selfish infidels and deists, Voltaire, Rosseau, Robespierre and others like them. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy The reader may ask what we mean by a deist here. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin When the present Emperor Soliman came to the throne, the deists went about in large numbers, exclaiming, La Allah ila Allah, "There is no God but God." An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa According to a federalist sheet, Hamilton's death called forth "the voice of deep lament" save from "the rancorous Jacobin, the scoffing deist, the snivelling fanatic, and the imported scoundrel." History of the United States, Volume 2 These remarks will exhibit Bolingbroke's views, both in their cause and their relation to those of former deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The latter meant the separation of church and state, in matters of support and government; and this event seemed to the deists, like a time of Pentecost. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Left Berlin last evening for Magdeburg, Had a long conversation with two deists in the mail. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself. Second Part The Tartar was a deist, and quotes the Koran in derision. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa It is said that David Hume became a deist by being appointed in a debating society to take the side of infidelity. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power The inquiry was now becoming more historical on the part both of deists and Christians. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Most of the greater leaders had been deists rather than Christians; nor had they suffered for these opinions at the hands of the people. Expansion and Conflict He used to call himself a deist, or theist; and said that a deist was as much like an atheist as chalk is like charcoal. Benjamin Franklin In both countries the study of earlier English literature, of the English deists and freethinkers, of Shakespeare and of Richardson, had had great influence, and had been the occasion of new developments. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century He should, as may be inferred from his frequent references to the Author of nature, be regarded as a deist. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work In the present day sceptics would believe less than the deists, or believe more, both in philosophy and in criticism. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Pope is to the deists and semi-deists of his time what Milton was to the Puritans or Dante to the Schoolmen. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Ask the atheist, the deist, the Chinese, and they will tell you that the foundation of their system of morals is selfish enjoyment. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. One symptom of the general state of mind is the dying out of the deist controversies. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Condorcet, another deist, was the successor of Voltaire in the Encyclopædic warfare. The Necessity of Atheism Some of the doubts of Celsus reappear in the English deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The mistake of the little deist in leaving out the God of his growth illustrates a conviction: We are what we make ourselves. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The Analogy was written to counteract the practical mischief which he considered wrought by deists and other freethinkers, and the Sermons lay a good deal of stress on everyday Christian duties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The deist controversies did not reach the enormous majority of the nation, who went quietly about their business in the old paths. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century The deist whose creed was varnished with Christian phrases, was often bitter against the deist who rejected the varnish; and Pope put Toland and Tindal into the Dunciad as scandalous assailants of all religion. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series This creed is deism, and bears a very striking resemblance to that taught by the English deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion "Would our daughters," he says, "admire a handsome deist, if properly impressed with the horror of his doctrines, sooner than they would now admire a handsome Mohammedan?" James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters This position is assumed throughout the treatise, and as against the deists with justice, for their whole argument rested upon the presupposition of the existence of God, the perfect Ruler of the world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The Antitrinitarians were no more deists or free thinkers than were the Lutherans. The Age of the Reformation Lord Dexter believed in transmigration sometimes; at others he was a deist. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts The great mass of these objections are those which had been suggested by English or French deists, but are stated with extreme bitterness. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The Unitarians required no profession of faith; so that deists and atheists had the same title to membership as believers in Christ. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story It is, however, in some degree a defect; for his defence of religion against the deists rests on a view of reason which would for ever preclude a demonstrative proof of God's existence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Bodin was half way between a theist and a deist; he believed that the Decalogue was a natural law imprinted in all men's hearts and that Judaism was the nearest to being a natural religion. The Age of the Reformation They are real children; a child is neither atheist nor deist, he is nothing. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary His doubts and his beliefs are taken mainly from the English deists; and chiefly from Bolingbroke, the most French in mind of any of the English school. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Even the ministers were not required to make any profession of faith, so that deists and atheists were admitted, not only into the churches, but into the pulpits. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story That he did not do so is, perhaps, due to his strong desire to use only such premises as his adversaries the deists were willing to allow. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" But little study and reflection is required for the acknowledgment that the doctrines of our deists are the product of a reason which has been evangelized without their own knowledge. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism As to the originality of the view you just expressed, why, it is merely a resurrection of one of the theories of some of our very 'spiritual deists' a century ago. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic They treated very nearly the same subjects, and in much the same tone, but with consummate skill, as the English deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Any way, at the time of my return from infidelity to Christianity, both deists and atheists were among the ministers. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story An immensity of learning, and of arguments good and bad, was lavished on either side in the controversy between the deists and the orthodox. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Yet one may say quite simply that this undertaking of the deists was premature. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant The first and the best of our English deists derived his system as immediately from intuitions as Mr. Parker or you. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic A growth of unbelief may be traced in him: at first he was a doubter, next he became a deist, lastly an atheist. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It seems he is very famous in his own sect, who are infidels, or deists, or pollywogs, or atheists—I don't know which it is. Trumps He hated the insolent creed of the deist, and the ignorance of the agnostic. The First Soprano The arguments of the deists were never successfully refuted. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Nay, you modern spiritualists, just as the elder deists, are already quarrelling about it. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic In the first stage he only translated English works, and even condemned some of the English deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Be sensible: go to church: pay your rates: don't be a vulgar deist—a fellow like Toland who is poor and has no social position. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The most interesting of the three sections is the second, containing a discussion in which the respective parts are taken by a deist, a pantheist, a subjective idealist, a sceptic, and an atheist. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) On the contrary, the striking thing is that their opponents, the militant divines and writings of numberless volumes of 'Evidences for Christianity,' had come to the same rational basis with the deists. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant "I suppose next," exclaimed the other, "you will attribute to the modern spiritualists the scurrility of the elder deists,—of Woolston, Tindal, and Collins?" The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic The first two697 fragments, published by Lessing, touched only upon the question of tolerating deists, and on the custom of declaiming against human reason in the pulpits. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion But the deists were felt to be a nuisance. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century It only shows that the deist is exposed to an attack from the same sceptical armoury from which he had drawn his own weapons for attacking revelation. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) For sources on modern anti-semitism in the Critique of positivistic religion by the deists and rationalists in France, cf. The Grey Book So, too, with the Church; for Bolingbroke, as a professed deist, has no trouble with such matters as the apostolic succession. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Before doing so, he had read thoughtfully the great works of evidences of the last century, and knew directly or indirectly the character of the deist doubts against which they were directed. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion A child is neither deist nor atheist: he has no theology. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The diversity of religious opinions has led the deists to invent an argument that is perhaps more singular than sound. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) The mechanical Creator of Paley and the deists could never have satisfied him. Robert Browning A deist is one who says he believes God exists, but denies that God ever revealed any religion. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine His position in the history of doubt is with the early rationalists, not with the deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It is now just in this period of Mohammedan power when arise the deistic reforming sects, which, as we have shown, were surrounded with deists and trinitarians. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Let us interrogate the religionists in this fashion, say the deists. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Even deists and infidels have yielded their tribute of praise. The Christian Home There are many kinds of unbelievers: atheists, deists, infidels, heretics, apostates, and schismatics. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine But it was Collins in 1713, in his Discourse of Freethinking, who first appropriated the name to express the independence of inquiry which was claimed by the deists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The relation of sectary to Vishnuite, and to the All-spirit deist, may be illustrated most clearly by comparison with Occidental religions. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Coleridge put the case in a nutshell when an English deist inveighed bitterly against the rigid instruction of Christian homes. Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls In the heart of the Papal territories perhaps is the greatest number of atheists, and in the reformed countries the greatest number of deists. Answer to Dr. Priestley's Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever Not one in fifty of those who call themselves deists, understand the nature of the religion which they reject. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Geddes was a believer in Christianity; but felt so strongly the deist difficulties, that he sought to defend revelation by explaining away the supernatural from the Jewish history, and inspiration from the Jewish literature. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Think you he discriminates between the deist and atheist? Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II But if I spoil this common faith, when all is done Can deist, pantheist or atheist invent a better one? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Even the eighteenth-century deists in denying his divinity generally took pains to exalt his humanity. The New Jerusalem He was not only accused of being an aristocrat, he was called "a deist." McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 The rationalist theologians wished to define clearly their own position, as opposed on the one hand to deists and naturalists, and on the other to supernaturalists. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion And yet-so strangely contradictory is everything in Ireland-there is clear evidence that amongst those priestly agitators many were at heart deists, who were making use of religion in the hope of furthering Jacobinism. Is Ulster Right? But I meet with infidels very often; two or three of my particular friends are deists; and their arguments, with distressing sceptical notions of my own, are haunting me forever. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I And, in the second place, the deists of England had very little to teach a disciple of Bayle, Fontenelle, and Montesquieu. Books and Characters French and English With the other French deists, D'Alembert has been attacked for his religious opinions, but with injustice. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 First, the religion of nature was proved: at this point the deist halted; the Christian advanced farther. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion A deist in his earlier writings," says Schwegler, "the drift of his subsequent writings amounts to the belief that all is God. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The priests have got a way of late of writing books against freethinking; I mean treatises in dialogue, where they introduce atheists, deists, sceptics, and Socinians offering their several arguments. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 That Voltaire at this early date should have already given rise to such pious ecclesiastical wishes shows clearly enough that he had little to learn from the deists of England. Books and Characters French and English He had always thought very loosely of revelation, and latterly became an avowed deist; which, added to his pride, greatly disposed him to this resolution. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. He afterwards turned unitarian, and perhaps at last deist. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion I belong to the party called Hicksites, deists, and schismatics; and I suppose they are the ones to whom thou hast alluded as having gone off from the Society. Isaac T. Hopper Since lately we have had a great deal of prevarication in our courts of justice about receiving the oaths of deists, &c., The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 The deists did not attack Christian revelation, still less belief in God. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time He was a deist, believing in "one almighty Being the God of Nature," to whom he recommended himself at the last in the event of his "having done amiss." A Book of Remarkable Criminals Though he has left an autobiography, he has not fully unveiled the causes which shook his faith, and made him turn deist. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The Socinians, deists in all other respects, admit an original revelation. What is Property? Southey, in early life, had been a republican and a Unitarian, if not a deist. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Although it was often defended and applied with violence and with a superfluous hatred of the clergy, it forms the justifiable element in the endeavors of the deists. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time I hate a man that wishes to be a deist; but I fear, every fair, unprejudiced inquirer must in some degree be a sceptic. The Letters of Robert Burns In the hands of the English deists and of Reimarus this attack had been an allegation against the moral character of the writer. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion So Benjamin read both sides, and he thought, in some respects, that the deists had the best argument. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin No, Hegel is very formally a deist, but he sees God in the total of things and not outside things, yet distinct. Initiation into Philosophy It was inevitable that the doctrines of original sin, of satisfaction and atonement should prove especially objectionable to the purely rational temper of the deists. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time There was no deist, I suppose, because they were all atheists. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 There is no longer the bitter moral indignation of the early English deists, but the sneer that marks the spirit of contempt. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion In order to refute the arguments of deists, it was necessary to print them in the tracks. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin And having taken up this position, Hegel is a deist and even accepts proofs of the existence of God which are regarded by some as hackneyed. Initiation into Philosophy Vaguely deist, he saw in Jesus Christ only a wise man among the wise. Saint Augustin Hume, in 1763 or 1764, wrote to Dr. Blair about the men of letters at Paris:—'It would give you and Robertson great satisfaction to find that there is not a single deist among them.' Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 He is a deist, his God an autocrat. The Forest Lovers Hébert and the leaders of the commune, with their atheism, as dangerous political rivals, were offensive to Robespierre, who was a deist. Outline of Universal History Russia is cursed with a doctrine offensive alike to the Christian, the Jew, the Mohammedan and even the deist. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments The Abbe le Chaulieu was his godfather, and, although an abbe, was a deist who cared nothing about his religion except in connection with his salary. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest But since similar ideas appear in Robert Drury's Journal published a year later, it may be assumed that the arguments of the deists held a certain fascination for Defoe at this time. Of Captain Mission Is not the theologian's God, as well as that of the deist, a cause incompatible with the effects attributed to it? Good Sense The deists, argued that the unjust and cruel God of Revelation could not be the God of nature; Butler pointed to nature and said, There you behold cruelty and injustice. A History of Freedom of Thought An infidel, a deist, even a heathen can say that. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments Then an atheist, or even a deist, and indeed a materialist of the school of Democritus and Lucretius, was unknown. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers In his own belief he was a deist; but though he wrote fine ethical treatises, he dishonored his own virtues by a compliance with the vices of others. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Would our daughters admire a handsome deist, if properly impressed with a horror of his doctrines, sooner than they now would admire a handsome Mahommedan? Precaution It was the “natural religion” of the philosophers and poets of the century, of Voltaire and the English deists—not the purified Christianity of Rousseau, but anterior and superior to Christianity. A History of Freedom of Thought Algernon Sidney, unlike Russell, was in theory not averse to Republicanism, but the accusations are false as to his being a sceptic or a deist, as his own dying apology attests. Excellent Women It is then he will find in what mighty stead that heathen goddess, that virtue, which you and all other deists of the age adore, will stand him. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling In religious affairs, Frederick allowed great individual liberty; for he was a deist, and, like other deists of the time, believed in religious toleration. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Had he been an open deist she would have shrunk from the act in suspicion of its sinfulness. Precaution It may be said that a State founded on this basis would be fairly inclusive—that all Christian sects and many deists could find a place in it. A History of Freedom of Thought Tindal's argument was that natural religion, as taught by the deists, was complete; that no revelation was necessary. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc He is the father of the English school that refuse to be either deists or moralists, and, like them, pushes his stories to an end that is often bitter. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism "Pope," she said; he was himself a deist, she believed, and his praise of Bolingbroke made her mad to read his books, and then the rest followed easily. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 You are an atheist, and you praise the deists of the eighteenth century. The Ball and the Cross The leading adversaries of the deists appealed, like them, to reason, and, in appealing to reason, did much to undermine authority. A History of Freedom of Thought Listen, Socrates, you are accused of being a bad citizen; of corrupting the youth; of denying the plurality of the gods; of being a heretic, deist, atheist. Socrates The foundation of the Christian Church should be—as the simple deist might suppose—always the same, but Saint Thomas knew better. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres The person who believes in a transcendental theology alone, is termed a deist; he who acknowledges the possibility of a natural theology also, a theist. The Critique of Pure Reason It is a duty incumbent on every true deist, that he vindicates the moral justice of God against the calumnies of the Bible. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason He was a deist, but his deism, unlike that of Voltaire, was religious and emotional. A History of Freedom of Thought I realise that the paper which I have read on 'Was Hegel a deist?' has been an error. My Discovery of England Montesquieu, the deists and the reformers represent the first one.—What they destroy and what they respect. The Ancient Regime "He is a bigot and a deist," exclaimed a feminine disciple of d'Holbach's atheism. The Women of the French Salons The creation is the Bible of the deist. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason The deists contended that this was a sufficient basis for morality and that the Christian inducements to good behaviour were unnecessary. A History of Freedom of Thought I spent all the winter on it and now I realise that not one of you pups know who Hegel was or what a deist is. My Discovery of England There are, undoubtedly, a good many deists, especially after Rousseau appeared, but I question whether, out of a hundred persons, there were in Paris at this time ten Christian men or women. The Ancient Regime All who kept out of the pale of the national church were denounced as schismatics, deists, atheists—it was all one. John Halifax, Gentleman Of the four fellow-passengers one was a French deist, with whom he had many a debate. Life of William Carey The defenders of revelation, at least all the most competent, agreed with the deists in making reason supreme, and through this reliance on reason some of them fell into heresies. A History of Freedom of Thought I would no more bring a false charge against a deist than I would bear false witness against an apostle. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) A deist in belief, he abhorred catholicism; a worshipper of self, he longed for power. Royalty Restored That Lincoln was vaguely a deist in the 'forties—so far as he had any theology at all—may be true. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Must my children inherit the blood of a deist and his convictions? The Lesser Bourgeoisie As an ardent deist, who regarded nature as God’s revelation, Paine was able to press this argument with particular force. A History of Freedom of Thought Reimarus, the able author of the Fragments, in his attack upon the evidences of revealed religion, had taken the same ground as Voltaire and the old English deists. The Unseen World and Other Essays The deist is an atheist lucky in classification. Ursula This would seem to be, as the Rev. Mr. Leslie called his book against the deists of the eighteenth century, "A Short and Easie Method." The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature The young girl, on her side, professed a horror for atheism, and her conscience assured her that a deist was cousin-germain to an atheist. The Lesser Bourgeoisie In some ways perhaps the ablest of the deists, and certainly the most scholarly, was Rev. Conyers Middleton, who remained within the Church. A History of Freedom of Thought It is wholly unlike the iconoclasm of the deists, and, coming in the eighteenth century, it was like a veritable evangel. The Unseen World and Other Essays He was really a deist; but in those days, and long after, no one scrupled to call a non-Christian deist an atheist. A History of Freedom of Thought This applies to Roman Catholics as to Protestants, to atheists as to deists. A History of Freedom of Thought |
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