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- noun Plural form of
deist .
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Examples
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But little study and reflection is required for the acknowledgment that the doctrines of our deists are the product of a reason which has been _evangelized_ without their own knowledge.
The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Ernest Naville
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They wished to be called deists; not because they favoured any particular form or system of religion, but as a sign that they acknowledged, in some vague and undefined sense, a Supreme Being, and were content to follow the light and law of nature, rejecting revelation, and placing themselves in opposition to Christianity.
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Many, in our days, who are not called deists or atheists, but who are more dangerous, because they mingle some Gospel truth with their errors, greedily embrace, and zealously inculcate this very opinion.
The Evidences of the Christian Religion. 1772-1851 1832
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Van Carter has a list of so called deists, "among many others".
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Cwillyrun1 2010
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Van Carter has a list of so called deists, "among many others".
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Dirk Digler 2010
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Three have been characterized as deists: Benjamin Franklin of
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010
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Even the so-called deists, while not theologically Christian, were ethical monotheists, i.e., strong affirmers of ethics rooted in the will of the Creator.
Articles on National Review Online Dennis Prager 2010
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Even the so-called deists, while not theologically Christian, were ethical monotheists, i.e., strong affirmers of ethics rooted in the will of the Creator.
National Review Online Dennis Prager 2010
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The problem with labeling the Founders as "deists," is that once deism is defined, it becomes nearly impossible to make the utterances and deeds of any Founder comport with that definition.
NewsByUs 2009
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The Nones include atheists, agnostics, "deists," people who are spiritual (whatever the heck that means), etc.
Planet Atheism 2009
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