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Bob Johnson is a paralegal and a freelance writer in Florida. He was raised Roman Catholic, but after reading Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason, he became a Deist. In 1993 he founded the World Union of Deists and in 1996 he launched the first web site devoted to Deism, www.deism.com. He is listed in Who's Who in Hell and is the author of Deism: A Revolution in Religion, A Revolution in You and of An Answer to C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity. He wrote the introduction to The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition and to Principles of Nature and also writes for Examiner.com and strike-the-root.com.

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Leviticus 20:13, From Uploaded
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Religions Set Us Up For Failure The recent clergy created declaration calling for better treatment of LBGT people ignores the elephant in the room: hate-based homophobic religious scriptures that are claimed to be from God.
Mary and James Mast, From Uploaded
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Another Child Killed by Religion/Superstition Christian parents who believe in the Bible's claim of Satan, devils and demons, allowed their four-year-old daughter to be killed in an exorcism. We need reason, not religion.
5 EXPENSIVE THINGS OWNED BY JOEL OSTEEN, From YouTubeVideos
(16 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 18, 2020
Tax-exempt Religions Raked in BILLIONS of US Tax Dollars Even though the tax-exempt religions do not pay taxes, they received BILLIONS of US tax-dollars through the Paycheck Protection Program. This needs to stop, and the Deist Thomas Paine told us how to stop it!
25/365: A post-truth world, full of alternative facts?, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 4, 2020
Truth is Priceless, So We Should Act Accordingly As the John Lennon song says, "Gimme some truth". The first step in discovering what is true is to detect what is false, so you can eliminate the falsehoods. Reason is the tool we use to do this. Deism sees innate reason as God-given. Yet, the religions, which claim to represent God, reject God-given reason. This causes very real suffering in the world.
Loujain al-Hathloul, From Uploaded
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Saudi Women's Rights Activist Persecuted by Misogynistic Sunni Muslim Government Loujain al-Hathloul is a women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia. She was arrested in 2018 for using her human rights of free speech. She went through a two-week hunger strike to protest Saudi officials torturing her and not allowing her to see her parents. Her case was transferred to a new and more brutal court. A change of thinking is required for an end to religious misogyny and brutality.
Israeli PM Netanyahu and his wife hosting Bible study., From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 21, 2020
Belief in the Bible Prevents Peace Between Israel and Palestine After decades of failed peace talks between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Gentiles, nothing has been achieved. In fact, while "peace talks" were going on, Israel continued stealing land from the Palestinians. The reason for this is belief in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
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(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Alex Trebek and Hell The recent death of Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy, has inspired a Christian author to write an article using fear tied to Trebek's afterlife, to win new converts to Christianity. It's time to replace fear with unconditional love.
Samuel Paty, victim of Islamic terrorism., From Uploaded
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 17, 2020
"Radical Islam" Is Islam The heartless and ungodly murder by beheading teacher Samuel Paty in France by a Muslim terrorist did not have to happen. The best way to stop religious violence is through honesty and reason.
Donald Trump being taught about the Hebrew Bible in illegally occupied Jerusalem., From InText
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 18, 2020
Does the Abraham Accord Promote Peace or a Plan For War? Contrary to the mainstream media, the Abraham Accord is not as much a step towards peace as it is a step towards a religious war against Iran.
Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon holding Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the UN., From InText
(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 16, 2020
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Uses Bible to Justify Land Theft The root cause of the Jewish state of Israel's illegal, cruel and expanding occupation of Palestinian land is the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, recently made this very clear. The only way to combat this religious myth is through reason.
Seven-year-old Joshua
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 24, 2020
A Seven-year-old and a Seventeen-year-old Teach Us Why Reason Must Prevail Over "Revelation" Seven-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 17-year-old Rylee Ryan were murdered based on the belief of the parents in Divine revelation. They would still be alive if their parents had realized that God gave the innate reason and not religion. Reason must prevail over "revelation" and religion/superstition.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 5, 2020
Trump, Pelosi and Biden's Battle of the Bible! One thing Trump, Pelosi and Biden all have in common is the promotion of the religious violence promoting and ungodly Bible. This is something to be concerned about in a nuclear age.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 26, 2020
Iran Has a Special Fear of Women Nasrin Sotoudeh is a human-rights activist and lawyer in Iran. She has been imprisoned and whipped with 148 lashes because she refuses to submit to the Islamic theocracy of Iran. The Iranian government fears her so much, they refuse to temporarily release her from prison during the coronavirus pandemic. She is not alone, as other women who resist have made their way to North America.
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(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Will the Coronavirus Start the Beginning of the End of the "Revealed" Religions? People looking at the response of the "revealed" religions to the coronavirus pandemic can't help but have strong doubts as to the claims made by the "revealed" religions regarding answered prayers, faith healing, etc. This is an opportunity for Deists, and for all freethinkers, to empower people to break free of the "revealed" religions by letting them know God gave them reason, not religion.
Christian clergyman/con-man Ken Copeland allegedly healing people of coronavirus., From InText
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 30, 2020
Coronavirus Exposes the False Advertising of Christianity Instead of being on the defense hoping Christian churches will refrain from holding large public church meetings, which causes the spread of the deadly coronavirus, we need to help the people currently under their influence to break free of the harmful false advertising of Christian faith healing. False advertising is not allowed in any venue with the exception of religion. This needs to end.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 16, 2020
A Christian Church is Attacked for Following the Bible Regarding Coronavirus Why should anyone be surprised or angered by Christians taking action on their Bible-based beliefs and superstitions? That's what happened when a Christian church ignored calls for people not to gather in large groups due to the coronavirus.
Performing metzitzah b'peh, From InText
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Protect Children From Deadly Religious Superstitions With Reason and Deism In the last six months at least four eight-day old baby boys in New York City have been infected with herpes because the rabbis/mohels who circumcised them used their mouth to suck blood from the circumcision wound. This religious crime against children, and all harm caused by all the "revealed" religions, can be stopped with innate God-given reason and Deism.
US Representative Betty McCollum, From Uploaded
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 14, 2020
US Congresswoman Betty McCollum Blasts the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Calling AIPAC a Hate Group US Representative Betty McCollum was attacked by the most powerful part of the overly powerful Israel lobby, AIPAC. She is fighting back! She's a true inspiration and a true profile in courage!
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(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Why "Revealed" Religions Are Hypocritical When They Oppose Hate and Fear It's amazing to see the hypocrisy of religions that have hate, fear and violence as the bedrock of the "holy" books oppose hate, fear and violence. It's time for truth in advertising for the "revealed" religions!
Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 - June 8, 1809), From Uploaded
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 28, 2020
The Power of Thomas Paine Thomas Paine is too often overlooked. Without Paine the American Revolution would not have happened. His Common Sense got people off the fence, and The Crisis kept them going when things went from bad to worse. His Deism caused many people to hate him. However, his Deism is the key to countering the theocrats in the religious right.

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