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History, Practices and Beliefs of DeismThe Oxford American Dictionary defines Deism as the belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.- Deism DefinedThe origins and various beliefs of Deism are explored.
- An Overview of Deism and HinduismAn overview of what Deism is and what Deists believe in as well as the 5 basic principles of Hinduism.
- Deism: A Natural ReligionThis is an article about Deism, an alternative to the Judeo-Christian meta narrative.
- An Introduction to DeismAfter learning about Jainism, I thought it would be fun to try another religion, so I wrote a bit about the religion of Deism.
- Deism: History and BeliefsGives an inside look at the practices, beliefs, and components that make up Deism.
Deism and DeistsAn Overview if the Philosophy known as Deism. I explain what Deists believe and how Deists come to rest at Deism.- Deism: An Unrecognized American TraditionHow Deism is often not given credit for influence on American democracy, and could be the solution to the difficult issue of politics and religion.
- Beliefs of DeismA brief overview of beliefs shared by many Deists.
- The Evolution of ReasonOn Deism as a personal philosophical conclusion rather than a religion based on rituals and worship, and on how I came to it.
- Driving Ideas of the Philosophes Movement.The Philosophes were a group of eighteenth century French Enlightenment thinkers who believed in three central ideas: progress, Deism and tolerance.
The Founding Fathers Were Neither Deists nor ChristiansAn overview of the religious scruples of the men who founded America- The Debate on HumanismHumanism is one of the most debated issues in the present time.
- The Myth of the Christian NationOne of the myths that the religious right continually promotes is that the US was, from birth, a Christian Nation. This assertion is based on weak logic and unsubstantiated assumptions.
- Sin Against Another: Most Vile Sin in Nathaniel Hawthorne StoriesAn brief examination of the concept of sin and error in Hawthorne's short stories, with an emphasis on its similarities to Benjamin Franklin's humanistic philosophy.
- The Questions to Ask the Presidential Candidates: Do You Know the Ten CommandmentsIt is interesting to find out how our presidential candidates fare in questions pertaining to moral values, in particular their stand on symbolic gestures to represent the beliefs of majority of the American people.
- Birth of a Secular Nation: How the U.S. Protected Religion by Excluding it from the ConstitutionA short essay about the founding of the United States and the necessity of the separation of Church and State.
- Book Review: The Universe Next Door by James W. SireAn overview of The Universe Next Door by James W. Sire.
- Theistic Evolution: An Excuse for Bad ScienceIf there's any quirky viewpoints on the origin of our lives as we know it, Theistic Evolution's got it covered.
Are Christians Really Under Attack in America?Christians verus the world? Why do Christians arouse the ire of so many groups. Is America going to hell in a hand cart? In this admittedly long article, I try to answer some of those questions.- How Our Founding Fathers Were Actually Not ChristiansBebunking the Myth
- The Writings of Thomas PaineA timeline of Thomas Paine's writings, paired with political and social views of the writer.
Hatred of the Elderly as a Motivation for Witch HuntsThe era of witch hunts exhibited a noticeably smaller life expectancy than the modern age, and living until an age even as advanced as sixty was extremely rare. Older individuals were seen as abnormal and thus, to the conformist mindset prevalent at the time, a threat.
Our Founding Fathers Were Not DeistsDavid Barton is an author and historian who has extensively studied the beliefs of our Founding Fathers. He says that anyone who believes the Founders were deists is mistaken and hasn't done their homework.- Bastille Day: A Lesson Taught but Never Learned?Bastille Day remembers that day in 1789 when the people, called the Third Estate after the Crown and the Church, threw off the yoke of "divine rule".
- Creating a Successful Church History Curriculum for AdultsThe curriculum I have designed is written for a college/adult level church history class.
- Towards Artistic TheoryTowards a Theory of Art, or if you're not big on the whole brevity thing…A Neuropsychohistoricosocio-cultural and Philosopical look at the relevance of spirituality and art in efficient human cognition and it's relation to neurochemical variability
Voltaire's CandideVoltaire's Candide was a story that presented the harsh realities of a world filled with evil, selfishness, intolerance, and superstition. Through his novel he attacks the philosophy of optimism which asserts that all is well, when all is not.- Autonomy, Independence, and Dependence in ExodusThis paper is an attempt to delineate the process whereby the Israelites gained autonomy.
- Charles Brockden Brown's Somnambulism: A FragmentIn "Somnambulism: A Fragment" the gothic style conveys terror: Sleepwalking Althorpe murders the woman he desires. Yet, to read the story as a curiosity would miss its parodying against Benjamin Franklin's ideals of industry and pragmatism.
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