What is the significance of deism?

Answer 1

Deists are intellectuals. Deism is the belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation. God created the Universe with or without full knowledge of all related consequences and henceforth does not intervene; no contradictions.

Jefferson was a rationalist. He believed that Jesus was a pure and ethical teacher of morals. To that end, Jefferson took a razor to the New Testament and removed passages he thought to have been inserted by the authors of the gospels (those attempting to create God spells and spiritual crafts; whom he called the "commentators"), and he pasted what remained together as "The Jefferson Bible".

This is a social treatous and not a religious work. The Jefferson Bible is Christianity without the contridiction imposed by hocus-pocus and self-serving swindlers.

What is more interesting is that during the time of Jesus there were many honored historians; not a single honored historian of the time ever wrote a single word about Jesus. The first occurence was hundreds of years later around the birth of Islam; coincidence?

The only holidays that a Deist would embrace are those based upon "Thankfulness". Not thankfulness to some supernatural being that changes its mind whenever it suits the religious leader (theism - believer of self interest and greed). Expecting a happy eternal afterlife is the ultimate greed/sin.

I think it is interesting that the Bible warns of sooth-sayers that would corrupt the souls of beleivers, and then their own religious leaders are promoting ultimate greed to ensure beleivers have no hope of being qualified for having an eternal afterlife.

As corrupt as it has become, in the United States the only popular holidays celebrated by Deists (remove religious affiliation) are Thanksgiving, Independence Day, & days signifying season. Being truely Thankful without greed being seeded in the mind.

Pagans identify a spirit associated with "things" like the Sun, Winds, ancient people...

Deists are NOT Pagans. There may be spirits, but it has nothing to do with the formation of the Universe. A scientist in a parallel Universe could have easily created this Universe and be consistent to Deism.

How can I make this statement about Deism?

All of the Founders of the United States were Deists. Thomas Jefferson once wrote "Organized Religion is the bane of humanity".