Articles related to "Deism"

Many of the Founding Fathers accepted the tenets of Deism, rejecting a state church, religious fanaticism, intolerance, and the intervention of God in human affairs.

The Bible says that the "heavens declare [God's] handiwork." Does the complexity and order of the universe bring us closer to accepting the reality of God?

Tolerance, caring, and encouragement in finding an individual path to spirituality is the credence of Unitarian Universalism. Healing a hurting world is their mantra.

Forty-five percent of American Presidents were either Presbyterian or Episcopalian. Other faith traditions included evangelical churches, Deists, and one Catholic.

The Bible begins with a simple declaration: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1) No other part of the Bible is as hotly contested.

Philosophy and writings of Thomas Paine, a key campaigner for American independence, famous for Common Sense and The Age of Reason.

MIddle School and High School students learn lessons connecting Benjamin Franklin and other famous Masons to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

Biography of James Hutton from his early life to early 1660s as an innovative farmer, prior to becoming a geologist.

What role did the Scottish Enlightenment play in Jefferson's views on religious freedom, and would he have seen the United States as a Christian Nation?

William P. Young uses epigraphs in his novel The Shack. Here is a list of epigraphs for chapters 11-12 and a brief synopsis of their source.