The Jesus Litmus Test

[constantseeker]

Is deism a religion, or just a different way of understanding God that was in vogue during that era?

Deism is the belief that a supernatural being created the universe and then just pretty much left it alone.

It is not a way of understanding the Abrahamic god.

 

[Darryl1958]

Certainly it is not a *correct *way of understanding the God of the Abrahamic tradition, as defined by the Catholic Church at any rate.

 

[RACJ]

The Enlightenment rejected religion in favor of the power of human reason. It had no Judeo-Christian components.

What revisionist rubbish! Why did the founders include so much prayer in their sessions if they were relying on human reason alone? Virtually all those at the Constitutional Convention were Committed Christians. Perhaps you are confusing OUR founders with those of the French Revolution, Napoleon? Puzzled, Bob :)

 

[Kuan_Yin]

You mean you want to see her birth certificate. “Abraham” Lincoln was actually a woman named Abigail. She suffered from Marfan’s syndrome which is why she was unusually tall and gangling. And yes, her birth certificate was found.

weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/5586/abe-was-a-babe/

hehe Dale you got me there for a second, my jaw dropped when I read your post.
Good Job!

 

[estesbob]

hehe Dale you got me there for a second, my jaw dropped when I read your post.
Good Job!

I wonder if it was a Nigerian Birth certificate they found?

 

[Kuan_Yin]

I wonder if it was a Nigerian Birth certificate they found?

hmmm If I didn’t like you…I would come back with a really off topic snarky remark.

Let me know if you want it and I’ll give it to ya.

 

[estesbob]

hmmm If I didn’t like you…I would come back with a really off topic snarky remark.

Let me know if you want it and I’ll give it to ya.

I think ill pass-i have been snarked enough today!

 

[Kuan_Yin]

I think ill pass-i have been snarked enough today!

hehe

 

[RACJ]

I wonder if it was a Nigerian Birth certificate they found?

Or Kenyan? Anyway, it's a possibility that "Abigail" and Barry were born in log cabins. :o Bob

 

[estesbob]

Or Kenyan? Anyway, it’s a possibility that “Abigail” and Barry were born in log cabins. Bob

Well I knew it was someplace in Africa!

 

[Frankk]

The Enlightenment rejected religion in favor of the power of human reason. It had no Judeo-Christian components.

The Enlightenment did. I’m interested, though, in its application in the founding and development of the United States. Being English I can’t say I’m very familiar with US history but I am aware of this:

"*When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."*

Certainly, it can be argued ‘Reason’ is being applied here - but there can be no doubt that God is also fundamentally embedded into the American nation’s foundation and development. There is clearly no evidence here that religion has been rejected in favour of ‘Enlightenment principles’

Or should I get back to the library and start reading up on my American history?