Deists

Several centuries ago, a group of philosophers known as Deists held the theory that God had created the universe and ceased at that point to have any further influence.

God and evolution: the state of the question Mike L 2007

Several centuries ago, a group of philosophers known as Deists held the theory that God had created the universe and ceased at that point to have any further influence.

Archive 2007-10-01 Mike L 2007

One interesting nuance I've discovered when researching the FFs & religion issue is how many of the supposed "Deists" -- like Jefferson and Franklin -- arguably thought of themselves as "Christians" in an identificatory sense.

jonrowe.blogspot.com 2009

One interesting nuance I've discovered when researching the FFs & religion issue is how many of the supposed "Deists" - like Jefferson and Franklin - arguably thought of themselves as "Christians" in an identificatory sense.

Positive Liberty 2009

Some of the so-called Deists were, in fact, Socinians; as Toland, who expressly admits all those parts of the New Testament revelation which are, or seem to him, comprehensible by reason.

Essays and Reviews: The Education of the World, Bunsen's Biblical Researches, On the Study of the Evidences of Christianity; Seances Historiques de Gen��ve; On the Mosaic Cosmogony; Tendencies of Religious Thought in England, 1688-1750; On the Interpretation of Scripture. 1821-1902 1860

I don't know this for certain, but I think that the founding fathers were actually "Deists," to the extent that they advocated religion at all.

What's the Connection?: It's Our Country Too Debra W. Haffner 2007

Rather, I think those are terms that work well for traditional believers like Stephen :-) as well as for Deists, which is what many of the authors of the Declaration were Deism being an interesting point of convergence between theism and atheism), and can work, in a poetic if in no other sense, for non-believers.

The Speculist: Declaration of Singularity Revisited 2006

Most framers were barely religious, and would have answered "Deists" to any religious survey posed to them.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local liamm 2010

Most framers were barely religious, and would have answered "Deists" to any religious survey posed to them.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local liamm 2010

Most framers were barely religious, and would have answered "Deists" to any religious survey posed to them.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local max-parrish 2010