Q: I’m a 75-year-old man who’s never followed any formal religion but have always tried to do what I thought was right. As of late, I’ve been reading (with great interest) about something called Deism ...

What if God wanted to create the best of all possible worlds but didn't know how. Undaunted he tried anyway, the way we would try, by trial and error, creating creatures and then setting them in ...

A debate on religion or a lack thereof has been going on ever since I started to read and contribute to the News24 forum, and, according to some commentators, ad nauseum. Hardly a day passes without ...

Atheism in America requires a sense of humor, however black, a thick skin, or an active embrace of outsider status; lacking these defenses, you risk being unnerved by the onslaught of religiosity and ...

Ceremonial deism refers to certain governmental religious expressions, such as the Pledge wording and the national motto of In God We Trust, that defenders claim do not violate the Establishment ...

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What is deism? Were Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln deists, as Sheila Jensen alleged in her Sept. 9 letter, and how can we know? Webster's tells us deism is a system of thought that believes God ...

Q: I'm a 75-year-old man who's never followed any formal religion but have always tried to do what I thought was right. As of late, I've been reading with (great interest) about something called Deism ...