Articles related to "Deist"

Thomas Jefferson stands alongside Madison as the one of the strongest voices in America for Religious Freedom.

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.

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

Ezra Stiles Ely was an influential Presbyterian clergyman who wanted to merge church and state to ensure that the nation was ruled by orthodox christians.

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.

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.

Some beliefs of America's founding fathers are often misinterpreted and deserve clarification, particularly concerning the creation of the U.S. Constitution.

The life principle goes beyond the abortion debate to include capital punishment, euthanasia, and assisted suicide and is supported by Biblical evidence.

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?

Brief biography and works of French great thinker Voltaire, known for Candide and Philosophical Letters.

British philosopher Antony Flew was a renowned atheist for over 50 years until the principle "follow the evidence where it leads" led him to believe that there is a God.

Toleration may be the one element of Enlightenment thinking that has yet to be realized in societies that perpetuate prejudices and religious fanaticism.

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.