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The concept could be traced back to Aristotle's unmoved mover but Lord Herbert of Cherbury is considered the first deist. Although he based his beliefs off of Christianity being one of many religions claiming to be the one true way his God was still a personal god who supernaturally interfered in the universe. In particular deists from this era were tired of the devastation caused by religious institutions and ideas, and were looking for a true model of the cosmos that logic would dictate everybody had to agree on. It wasn't until John Locke's ''An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'' and the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century that deism took the form of what we now know as Classical Deism.
Classical deism is similar to Modern Deism in that they're both based on reason and naturalism but Classical Deism's evolution from Christianity is more readily apparent. Classical Deism didn't have the benefit of evolution, the big bang theory, or even an idea of how old the earth and universe were. Newton's theory of gravity and Copernicus's heliocentric model of the universe were the best they had to go on. They viewed God as transcendental from its creation and impersonal. At the time deism was part of a continuum with Christianity. Christian Deism and unitarianism were situated in the middle. Conservatives
The turn of the century saw the Second Great Awakening in America and christian revival in other areas of the world. In addition while Darwain's theory of evolution by natural selection theoretically only pushed back the date of God's role in the universe it gave people confidence that alternative explanations for how we got here could exist. Quantum Mechanics later reinforced this notion. This attack from two sides caused Deism to wane in popularity but [[The Nineties]] saw a revival in Deism facilitated by the internet. This form of Deism is known as Modern Deism.
Modern Deism incorporates what science has discovered since the enlightenment and holds the nature of God is
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** Also used in the [[Rendezvous With Rama|Rama Series]], although again it's not really present until the last installment, ''Rama Revealed'' (and a little bit in ''The Garden of Rama''). The creatures who built Rama did so as part of a project to collect life from all over the universe, to learn about God's plan for it, and are committed Deists.
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* [[The American Revolution]]: Deism would probably be almost completely forgotten today, if not for the fact that many leaders of the American Revolution considered themselves Deists. As philosophically-minded, anti-establishment figures in the 18th century, it's practically certain that at least a few of them would be. While exact numbers are hard to pin down and the [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment]] applies, it's unquestionable that [[Thomas Jefferson]] took it upon himself to edit supernatural elements out of [[The Bible]], and [[Ben Franklin]] found Deism so persuasive it led to a good quote for [[Straw Man Has a Point]].
* [[Have You Seen My God?]] : practically the [[Trope Maker]].
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[[Category:Deism]]
[[Category:Useful Notes/Religion]]
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