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  • Many people consequently professed to what is known as Deism.†  (source)
    Deism = the belief that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • My friends, don't get me wrong, our forefathers were deeply religious men, but they were Deists—men who believed in God, but in a universal and open-minded way.†  (source)
    Deists = people who believe that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • That's what happened two centuries ago in the abolitionist movement, when liberal deists and conservative evangelicals joined forces to overthrow slavery.†  (source)
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  • It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.†  (source)
    Deist = a person who believes that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • By Deism we mean a belief that God created the world ages and ages ago, but has not revealed himself to the world since.†  (source)
    Deism = the belief that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.†  (source)
    Deists = people who believe that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • No. There is this difference between me and deistic philosophers: I believe; and I believe the Gospel.†  (source)
    deistic = related to the belief that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • Am I talking with a deist or an atheist?†  (source)
    deist = a person who believes that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures.†  (source)
    Deism = the belief that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • 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.†  (source)
    deists = people who believe that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • Am I talking with a deist or an atheist?†  (source)
    deist = a person who believes that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
  • A lot of people who knew them (Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Madison) would have considered them devout. They were deist Christians.†  (source)
    deist = people who believe that God created the universe, but that he doesn't interfere with how it runs
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