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Founding Fathers Debate

America's Christian Heritage, Faith of Our Fathers: History Rewritten, Infidels.org: The Christian Nation Myth, Of Course There Were Deists, Six Historic Americans, Stand to Reason: The Faith of Our Fathers, The Faith of Our Founding Fathers, Who is Nature's God?

Aldeism, American Unitarian Conference: The Connection of D, Southern California Deist Community, United Deist Community, United Deist Congregation, World Union of Deists

Abraham Lincoln: Deist and Admirer of Thomas Paine

http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/steinlinc.htm

Chapter from the book "Religious Beliefs of Our Presidents," by Franklin Steiner (1936). Relates opinions of Lincoln's friends and biographers regarding the nature of his belief.

Alternative Perspectives: Separating God from Reli

http://www.novan.com/god.htm

Affirms God as the Creator of the universe and its laws, disaffirms religion as man-made myths and rituals.

Atheist Becomes Theist

http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/

Interview with former Atheist Antony Flew about his belief in Deism and the possibility of Theism.

Bibliomania: A Refutation of Deism

http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/326/2410/27653/1/frameset.html

Short prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Cambridge History: The Deistical Controversy in En

http://www.bartleby.com/219/1110.html

Historical survey of the main proponents and their literature.

Catholic Encyclopedia: Deism

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04679b.htm

Historical survey and critique.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-77

From the Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

Deism Advocated in the Bible

http://www.awitness.org/essays/deism.html

Series of articles finds strains of Deism in some books of the Bible.

Deism and Reason

http://www.sullivan-county.com/deism.htm

Surveys and espouses traditional Deism. E-text resources and Deist quotations.

Deism and the Enlightenment

http://lonestar.texas.net/~mseifert/deism.html

Class lecture notes and recommended readings.

http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismfre.htm

Brief historical survey of the development of Deism in France, as espoused by Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau.

http://www.geocities.com/deism101us/

Collection of downloadable writings on skepticism, divine revelation, and ethics as well as works by Thomas Paine.

Deist Information

http://www.deist.info/

Stephen Zinn explains how he came to believe in Deism. Primer and chronology.

Einstein on a Personal God

http://condor.stcloudstate.edu/~lesikar/einstein/personal.html

Excerpts illustrating belief in a supreme moral code while denying a personal God.

English Deism (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismeng.htm

Reference on Deism in England.

Enlightenment Glossary: Deism

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/DEISM.HTM

Article discusses origins and cultural influences.

Five Points of Deism

http://www.keyano.ca:8080/bhemstock/engl358/deism/

Slideshow on the characteristics of the Enlightenment and Deism.

Four Discourses

http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/mccorkle.html

Portion of 1798 work by Samuel McCorkle arguing the superiority of Christianity to Deism.

How a Catholic Priest Turned Deist

http://home.att.net/~rayfontaine/

Father Raymond Fontaine describes why he left the Roman Catholic Church and now leans toward Deism.

Hume and the American Deists on Miracles

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~phildept/Dye/Miracles.html

Essay by James Dye discusses David Hume's influence on the Deism of Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine, and Elihu Palmer.

Jewish Encyclopedia: Deism

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=209&letter=D

Brief survey of English Deists, the influences in philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn, and the Talmud's rejection of the concept.

Jill Neimark: Edward O. Wilson Interview

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/neimark/eow.html

Wilson calls himself a provisional Deist, affirming the likelihood of a prime mover.

http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/187.html

James Kiefer discusses Butler's arguments against Deism.

Kant's Theistic Solution

http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/srp/arts/KTS.html

Essay by Stephen Palmquist proposes that Kant is better classified as a Theist than as a Deist.

http://lifesmessage.com/

A monotheistic religion based on transcendent moral principle.

http://moderndeism.com/

Primer, quotes, and articles.

Of the Religion of Deism Compared with the Christi

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/paine-deism.html

From the Modern History Sourcebook: A brief comparative analysis by Thomas Paine.

http://members.allstream.net/~fnojd/

Defends Deism and theistic evolution, examines issues of Biblical errancy.

http://www.panendeism.com/

Introduction and FAQ. Proposing that all reality exists within Deity and in process with Deity.

http://www.positivedeism.com/

Promotes Deism and its beliefs with articles, forum, and chat.

Presence On the Net of Deists for Enlightenment an

http://www.deistnet.com/

Essays on the history, philosophy, and ethics of Deism. News, FAQ, suggested reading, book reviews, humor, and poetry.

ReligiousTolerance.org: Deism

http://www.religioustolerance.org/deism.htm

Definition, history, quotes, and bibliography.

Rise and Fall of English Deism

http://www.ontruth.com/deism.html

Essay by Cky J. Carrigan provides historical survey, discusses proponents and main tenets, and analyzes its demise.

http://www.telic21.org/

Promoting Process Deism which emphasizes evolutionary progress.

The Deist's Reply

http://www.lysanderspooner.org/deists/deistsreplymain.html

1836 book by Lysander Spooner argues against the miracles of Jesus as found in the Gospels.

The Human Jesus and Christian Deism

http://www.onr.com/user/bejo/

Topical articles explaining the meaning, history, and tenets of Christian Deism.

http://www.angelfire.com/al2/thelight/

Original articles by Vynn Roehm extolling the reasonable, immutable nature of God as revealed in creation. Annotated reading list.

The Origins of Deism

http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/south/four.html

Lecture by Terry Matthews traces the course and development of Deism.

Thoemmes.com: Charles Blount

http://www.thoemmes.com/dictionaries/blount.htm

Short biography of the life and accomplishments of this early English Deist.

World View: Deism

http://home.wxs.nl/~faase009/GEwv_d.html

Christian evaluation with positive and negative comments, bibliography of books by and critical of Deists.