Deism

Deism Deism in Literature Post Puritan America became a melting pot for religious philosophies. A prevalent philosophy of the time is Deism. Deists are those who believe in the existence of a God or supreme being but deny revealed religion or supernatural doctrines associated with those beliefs. Deists base their faith on nature, reason, science, and common sense. An example of a Deist’s beliefs in literature is in Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason. Paine says, “My own mind is my own church” (494). Deists do not believe a worshiper need go to church; a believer can exercise their religious services in their mind, without the aid of a priest, preacher, reverend or rabbi. Nor does it depend on the religion one exercises. “ . . . The Koran deists, believe, supernatural, without, religious, religion, reason, paine, own, mind, man, literature, example, deist, deism, commandments, comes, church, beliefs, angel, 495, written, worshiper, time, thomas, therefore, ten, supreme, services, sense, second, scientific, science, says