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Deism: Jefferson Bible
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Deism does not believe in the notion of a “chosen” people. This implies that God plays favorites, a notion unsupported by historical reality and nourishing of self-righteousness. “Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people.” (Jefferson).
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Deism was ... influential in late-18th-century America, where Deistic views were held by Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. The most vociferous Deists in America were Ethan Allen and Thomas Paine.
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Deism is a form of rationalism that holds that it is through the observation of the natural world that one comes to know of the nature of God. The universe and creation are the only real Bible'. Deism is advocated in both the gospels and in the letters of Paul.
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Joseph Butler (1692–1752) offered a refutation of Deism claiming that the truths of nature are consistent with the Bible. The radical skepticism of David Hume is ... believed to have dealt a major death blow to Deism. As a movement, Deism did not survive into the nineteenth century.
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