PPT-Against Deism

Question Lets assume that Allah exists Couldnt He have created the material universe input energy into the system and thereafter left it to operate on its own Implication of above Phenomena can be attributed to nature at least partly. deism comdeismvshtm comes from the World Union of Deists Website wwwdeismcom Read the article with your child and then ask your child the questions at the end Revealed religions all teach different opinions on death Even the different denominations o Schroeder My interest in Deism was pi qued while reading a book entitled Bible in Pocket Gun in Hand and subtitled The Story of Frontier Religion Dont let the title trick you into thinking that this is not a scholarly work Its 166 pages of print a Deism does not promote any specific moral system However a Deists moral system must be based on reason because a Deist strives to base all of his or her beliefs on reason The morality contained in these lessons is just such a system You can have you The last belief found in common among Moralistic Therapeutic Deists is that God is a distant impersonal deity who does not invade our treasured privacy. Not only does this take away from the rich rela Theism Overview. Theism is the belief in the existence of a divine reality; . this is usually referring to monotheism (one God), . as opposed to pantheism (all is God), polytheism (many gods), and atheism (without God). . The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. http://www.youthandreligion.org. Soul Searching (Christian Smith & Melinda Lundquist Denton, 2005) . Souls in Transition (Christian Smith & Patricia Snell, 2009). a a University, Stevens Point. Freethought, a fif- a a a fictions a flat or View of Moral World a a a a a a fiction, filthy first a find a a a a a financial a a firmly . Reason. Puritans and the Founding Fathers. Believers become Thinkers. Power . Vocab. Age of Faith:. . Age of Reason:. colonialism free will. f. aith reason. predestination. . parallel structure. on Youth Ministry. Discussing . Almost Christian:. . What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church. by . Dr. . Kenda. Creasy Dean. The Descriptive Task: What is going on?. What is the relationship between youth and religion? How do youth perceive religion, and their religious identity?. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. Late 1600s-1700s: An intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment began in Europe. Later a religious movement known as the Great Awakening started in the Colonies . Tension & Revolution. Enlightenment. John Locke. Influence in America. Key Terms. Compact Theory. Deism. The Enlightenment. Intellectual movement where individuals applied rational/scientific thought to the world in which they . Therapeutic Deism (MTD). Professor James Dalziel. Dean of Education, . Morling. College & . Professor, University of Divinity. jamesd@morling.edu.au. Moralistic . Therapeutic Deism. “MTD” coined by Christian Smith to describe common religious beliefs among (US) teenagers. Introduction. . Outline of introductory materials. . . The Challenge of Religious confusions. . The problem of Polytheism. Pantheism. . Deism. . Islam. . Watchtower movement. . Mormonism. . One-on-one phone or face-to-face follow-up interviews, lasting approximately 30 minutes, were then conducted.. At the beginning of every interview, informed consent was obtained and no names were used during the interviews. Interviews were audio recorded and then transcribed..