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When speaking about religion, attention is often brought to the five major world religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. These traditions dominate public religious life and for that reason, they grab a lot of attention in the world. During the early 17th century, which is commonly known as the Age of Enlightenment, a philosophical movement developed where intellectuals, philosophers and theologians saw moral and social problems with organised religions. Biblical stories were in contradiction with new scientific discoveries and as a result, these thinkers began to use ‘reason’ to attempt to understand knowledge of the divine and absolute truth. It can be understood as the ‘religion of nature’, meaning that one could understand God through reason, rationality and an objective inquiry into natural phenomena. This movement was called Deism and in this video, we will be looking to understand this philosophy, including its historical origins, its rationality and also its criticisms in the 21st century. I hope you enjoy this video and without further adieu, You’re watching All Things Humanities.
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Piland, Tiffany (2011). “The Influence and Legacy of Deism in Eighteenth Century America”. Master of Liberal Studies Theses.
Natural Religion and the Nature of Religion.The Legacy of Deism, Peter Byrne 2013.
Basil Willey, The Seventeenth Century Background: Studies in the Thought of the Age in Relation to Poetry and Religion, 1934, p.59ff.
Sarfati, Yusuf (15 April 2019). “State Monopolization of Religion and Declining Piety in Turkey”. Berkley Forum. Washington, D.C.: Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs (Georgetown University). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
Hume, David (1779). The Natural History of Religion. “The primary religion of mankind arises chiefly from an anxious fear of future events; and what ideas will naturally be entertained of invisible, unknown powers, while men lie under dismal apprehensions of any kind, may easily be conceived. Every image of vengeance, severity, cruelty, and malice must occur, and must augment the ghastliness and horror which oppresses the amazed religionist. .. And no idea of perverse wickedness can be framed, which those terrified devotees do not readily, without scruple, apply to their deity.” (Section XIII)
Organized religion is a tool of Satan. Show me in the Word where the Lord says thou shalt be a: Christian, Jew, Muslim, etc.? It doesn’t- there’s only Yahweh’s laws and Jesus salvation…
What is called believe in Jesus but not Christianity?
Nah it feels wrong to codify it.
I feel like I'm a universalist, the very universe we live in is my holy book.
That recently played out when I went to church and I hadn't been to church in several years and I feel like maybe I'll give it a try because I definitely am very spiritual and I used to be religious; and I was feeling it I was feeling it really good, and I was deep within it but the pastor who's a little bit younger than me took me outside and slapped that glass of spiritual koolaid out of my hand and said don't drink that this is poison everything I said in there was a lie.
The sermon had all been about welcoming people and why people leave the church and not being a stumbling block.
But he's going to corner me and want to know my truths and when I told him the truth as I feel like it and how he fit into it I did so calmly kindly and understanding that he was a divine creature as much as me his views are as much a part of mine as mine are a part of his our universes are within; that I did admire part of his teachings that night.
And he reminded me that he worships Satan and everything he said was a lie through his actions.
And he lives just five houses down for me, he could come down here and shake my hands and talk to me man to man.
But no he'd rather throw his Bible at me and he's already shown me, this means nothing to me, this is lies. I am nothing, I stand for nothing. Thank you for reading the book of Trevor this evening.
That's how it is, what's real is universally real and the same.
People have no idea what religion even is. If you think you can believe in God and not accept religion. You make no sense. What you’re saying is “I believe God exists but I do not want to follow any commands. I want a relationship with him but I do not want to grow my relationship with religion. I think it sounds cool to say I’m spiritual and not religious. I like the way it sounds.”
Now all are non-religion, and I am a leader of all souls.
I believe in God without religion. you can too
Looking at these comments , I would like to meet all of you . I have lived a long time……keep come back to this belief……..
Not a thing 🤷
Almost nearly a good try tho…
It makes no sense to hear that God created everything and stepped away (to where?). God is everything. God is the Universe. We are all part of It (with a capital I), always have been, always will be.
The important question to ask is "what is God?" If you know the answer everything else will be easy to answer.
If we try to define God as a superbeing that somehow resembles human beings ie like a father or king, with human emotions, with the same human image and likeness, then that would be an insult to God's infinite greatness, it's a deep disrespect to the point of mockery. This is probably the reason why people couldn't agree among themselves if God exists or doesn't exist, they're talking about the wrong god/s.
It is a well known fact that energy cannot be created or destroyed, It has no beginning and ending, it is present everywhere from a quark to the entire universe and can transform into matter. God is the Sum of Energies/ Experiences/ Everything (SOE) which can be described as the One Energy. Nothing could be greater than that. God is omnipotent – ALL powerful, omniscient – ALL knowing and omnipresent – present everywhere at ALL times. This can only happen if God is all ALL/ EVERYTHING.
The universe cannot possibly expand because energy cannot be created. It's our ability to see farther that expands. I believe this theory of expansion will be proven inacurate. Is it not possible that the reason galaxies move further is because of an unknown force? It's either our universe has no boundaries or it is contained inside a bigger universe together with an infinite number of universes and so on and so forth. If we can grasp the concept of infinity, we would have a better understanding of what God is.
In the beginning (probably the beginning of our observable universe) was the Word and the Word is God. In other words God is anything that can be described in words. The word God means good while Devil = evil. Everything that happens whether it is perceived as good or evil is of God's own doing because God is EVERYTHING which means something good will ALWAYS come out from it since God = Good.
Without the words negative, wrong and bad the words positive, right and good won't exist. If we don't know sadness, we won't know what happines is. Solutions always come after problems. Without the negative electrical charged electron there won't be life. Without death we won't be able to see the value of life. It's a constant reminder that we should do something great with our lives. Death is not entirely a bad thing, it's just a new life transformed; energy will never cease to exist. God is definitely good. Failure motivates us to become a better person especially if we believe that God = good.
The transformation from a simple cell to complex beings such as humans, through trial and error which took a very long time is definitely a good thing. Evolution came about because of chance and things got better when matter had the option to choose. If energy is movement it's just natural that it can transform into another form of movement such as the living cell with the initial options positive or negative and basically as naive as a rock. With infinite possibilities and time anything is possible with God's infinite greatness. The transformation from energy to man is one of them which I believe signifies the importance of Christ's teachings. I don't think God is perfect because obviously we are not perfect. I believe the purpose of God's existence is to become better and greater, from nothing to something until God reaches perfection as that is the logical direction. Nothing was ever created only transformed from the basic unit of existence which is Energy.
For me Energy also means "InnerG" or Inner God. As part of the One Energy, we are part of God ourselves or God is inside us. Even non living things and animals are part of God but as humans we are capable of realizing the God in us. Praying to God is just like talking to our inner selves which is connected to everything else. We should always thank God for allowing and choosing us to be part of God's existence and tell God what we can do for God instead of saying what God can do for us, and carry out our purpose of existences which is to get better and greater. Putting up a business that would employ and help a lot of people is great. Operating hospitals and schools as a hobby to help people who can't afford to pay for these is greater. Transforming vast vacant lands into a model community that promotes love and peace is greater. The greatest thing one person can do is not potentially that person's greatest accomplishment, there is always a much more better thing to accomplish.
Saying "thank you God for providing me with all I need to become better and greater", "I always think and do what's right" or any mantra that'll make you a better person, repeatedly, as often as you can in your mind, or verbally if you can, until it becomes automatic and forces you to forget and eliminate negative thoughts and actions, will be a tremendous help in your quest to become the best you can be. Consuming only natural food and water, fasting and adequate physical movement play an important role in maintaining optimal health which would aid you to perform your best. Doing your best in everything you do, (ie from folding a shirt to programming micro robots to repair a single DNA strand), as much as you can will train you to be the best you can ever be. Doing what's right, no matter how hard or easy will train you to be better. Don't be fooled by the success or happiness you accomplish by doing wrong.
Philippians 2:13
13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. 13 That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure.
We should be reminded that whatever we do is God's doing. If we all believe that, we would be able to do great things. As part of an infinitely great God we are infinitely great ourselves. With infinite possibilities, I won't be surprised if there are superbeings that can live thousands of years if not forever and can travel as fast as energy can travel because that's where we're going. Human nature consists of problems that are progressively being solved using variables to make an equation perfect. I believe heaven is a state where God's existence is perfect although it's not permanent and an end goal by itself. There is only one God, everything included.
Whoever is reading this I want you to know that I love you so much, please constantly seek and be reminded of the God or the good in you as much as you can. Religion tends to disunite us because of the different beliefs and gods. Let's all unite and believe in one God, the God/ good within us.
Spread the GOOD/ GOD news by being the best you can be.
People were aw3some back then….Deism rocks…
In my view, after many years of objective study, and especially taking into account the latest discoveries in molecular biology, such as motor proteins (in my view, indisputable proof of some kind of creative agent), deism is the only logical, rational explanation. Please see anything by Dennis Noble. However, this in no way indicates a Christian agency Christianity needs to be taken out of the equation, as well as all other similar religions? We know that there is not a benevolent God, just visit your local child oncology ward for flesh -and-blood proof of this.
Who/what created the Creator? If Creator needs no first cause, then, neither does the universe (s).
The church has lost their minds especially with the fact that they support Donald Trump I stay away from the church or anyone speaking their beliefs I believe what I believe I have a Bible and I keep it to myself I really wish everyone else would too.
I'm not a deist. I am Panentheism. Deism is not the only option much less a logical one.
What about Jesus? He did not rely on synagogue attending and strict ritual observance to get saved.
( ＞Д＜；) We need to popularize the idea of getting God married. Getting God married is a good use of someone's time. You are supposed to make the environment intelligent so no God is needed. We fixed the video and audio for the best experience possible. Cameras are supernatural and all of them captured 3D that not a gimmick. The audio loud don't make violence so has depth. Nobody has to buy anything for it to work.
( -д-) The artifacts of a swastika is flobby with stazzle and a jumble that tumbled. That is a skeleton, human heart, signature, internal combustion engine, animation of the big bang and a wave. That unify the universe you can't do with math. A swastika is the simplest rendering possible for those artifacts and needs to be saved.
( o´ｪ｀o) The universe was created in 1976. It is too hot to make a universe at the time of the big bang. It can be created at anytime. God is slow and easy. A human can do a lot with their lifespan. I got the hunk. God got the chunk. Everyone else can have the rest. That is song spirit of '76 by The Alarm.
( ；∀；) this is an artistic proof of a created universe. When you paint a shadow it's the opposite color of the object that made the shadow. Nobody knew what the opposite color of white was so the artists avoided painting white on white. The opposite color of white is baby blue and baby pink. The first artist to figure it out was Norman Rockwell. I was the second artist to figure it out. I saw it in the corner of a white room. The lighting was perfect to see it.