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Attention Nones: You Have a Home in Deism The number of people in the US who are classified as religious "nones" is now at least equal to the number of Catholics and to the number of Christian evangelicals. Contrary to popular assumption, the vast majority of these people are not Atheists, as they are rejecting religion, not belief in God/The Supreme Intelligence. Belief in God plus rejection of religion equals Deism.
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Christians and Molotov Cocktails The Fascist organization Command of Popular National Insurgence claimed reponsibility for firebombing the production offices of the Brazillian comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos. The Fascists were angry about the troupes film "The First Temptation of Christ", and relied on old time religious violence to show their anger.
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Something Real to Celebrate December 25th Deists and all freethinkers often feel left out during the Christmas season. We don't buy the Jesus story. Thankfully we have something very real to celebrate that happened on December 25, 1776, the Battle of Trenton. This is the battle that saved the American Revolution from failing, and which allows us today to have, to a large degree, freedom of speech, etc.
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Religious Violence Erupts in Jersey City, New Jersey Killing Six People The religious violence based attack by Black Hebrew Israelites against Jews in a kosher grocery store in New Jersey makes clear the destructive power of man-made "revealed" religions. As the Deist Thomas Paine wrote in The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition, "Belief in a cruel god makes a cruel man."
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Nancy Pelosi Spews Catholic Propaganda Nancy Pelosi, perhaps in an effort to win over Christians who vote for Trump and Republicans, claimed she doesn't hate anyone because she is a Catholic. This is pure nonsense, as anyone familiar with Catholicism and the Bible would know. As the Deist Thomas Paine pointed out in The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition, nonsense needs to be treated as nonsense.
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Deism in the Struggle Between Humanity and Religion Humanity cannot be found in the "revealed" religions due to their portrayal of God as being cruel, jealous and genocidal, as well as because of their ambiguity. Reason-based Deism can correct this problem.
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Deism Can Put an End to Religious Misogyny Misogyny is morally wrong. It is also promoted by all of the man-made Abrahamic "revealed" religions. Recently a woman in Jordan, an Islamic nation, was beaten and had her eyes gouged out by her husband. The Quran claims God commanded Muslim men to beat/scourge women who they fear may become rebellious towards them. Deism can put an end to these harmful religious teachings, if given the chance.
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The Jesus the Religious Left Will Not Discuss Imagine the profound progress the world can make if we finally let go of the man-made "revealed" religions and all of their fear-based hate and superstitions. It's definitely something to work towards! God Gave Us Reason, Not Religion! Bob Johnson www.deism.com
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Israel Worried Chances of a US War Against Iran are Diminishing Donald Trump's recent actions that appear to show he is moving away from a path of war against Israel's enemy Iran has Israeli officials worried.
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Ed Smart, Father of Elizabeth Smart, Announces He Is Gay and Reveals Truths About Religion and Gay People When Ed Smart, the father of Elizabeth Smart, recently came out and announced he is gay, he also revealed some important information about religion and its impact on gay people.
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Clear Examples of Religion Pushing Religious War in the 21st Century The ancient superstitions Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all based on are driving nations in the 21st century to go to religious wars. If we want to survive in a nuclear age, this must stop.
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Zionist Billionaire Wants the Bible to Have a Book of Trump Zionist billionaire Miriam Adelson, wrote a glowing article about Donald Trump. In it she said she prays that the Bible will have a "Book of Trump" in its contents.
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Violence Is Not The Answer - Reason and Deism Are! We need to realize that violence is not the answer, reason is. This will take a lot of work, but it must be done. We can win over people currently under the influence of the "revealed" religions by letting them know that God gave us reason, not religion. Deism is the best way to accomplish this.
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Michigan Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Religion and Against Children The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that religion is more important than the lives of children.
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US Ambassador to Israel States that "God's Is On Israel's Side" US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, believes Israel is on God's side and God is on Israel's side. As an Orthodox Jew and member of the Jewish priestly caste, the Kohanim, it's not surprising that Friedman suffers from these delusions. However, for a US ambassador, these religious delusions are harmful and dangerous.
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Oliver Stone's Apparent Fear of Israel Israel, the Israel lobby, the neocons and the Trump administration are busy working to get Americans into a war against Iran for the benefit of Israel. We need people with the ability and means to warn American about this rapidly approaching danger. Oliver Stone neglected to mention the Israel connection to the Iraq War in his film W. He, and others like him, should take a stand and try to avert the coming war.
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Why Religious Coexistence is Impossible We often hear that the "revealed" religions and those people in them need to coexist. If we become objectively familiar with the teachings of those man-made "revealed" religions, we quickly see coexistence is impossible. Instead, we need to do away with them through peaceful means based on our innate God-given reason.
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Bible Study in Public Schools Should Include All of the Bible There is an increased push by theocrats in the religious right to bring the Bible into public schools. Freethinkers need to make themselves familiar with the evil Bible verses and teachings that are too often overlooked and ignored. This knowledge can be used to help reach sincere people currently under the influence of the Bible.
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Trump: "We Have To Protect Israel" As he maneuvers the US into a war against Iran, Donald Trump openly states that the US must protect the Jewish state of Israel.
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Why a Deistic Revolution in Religion is Important A key tool the theocrats in the religious right use to win support from millions of people is the lie that America was founded as a Christian nation. American founder and Deist Thomas Paine called for a revolution in religion based on our innate God-given reason and Deism. Mass knowledge of this can help people free themselves from religious influence and stop the US from becoming a theocracy. |