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A Thought from a Deist
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RE: A Thought from a Theist
(March 11, 2011 at 1:58 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: these people were also politicians as well, and to come out as an atheist pretty much ruined your political standing, no matter how well grounded your stance was. I think they were deists more out of social acceptance than anything else..both for the scientific and political communities of the time.

Not so much in Paine's case, but of course, coming out and thrashing the NT like he did got him in enough trouble. Coming out as an atheist might have meant a lynching.
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A Thought from a Deist - by Cinjin - March 4, 2011 at 1:40 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Minimalist - March 4, 2011 at 3:06 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by KichigaiNeko - March 4, 2011 at 3:11 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by azharrison - March 4, 2011 at 3:36 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by ozgoat - March 4, 2011 at 4:43 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Zen Badger - March 4, 2011 at 6:00 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Rwandrall - March 4, 2011 at 6:31 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by reverendjeremiah - March 4, 2011 at 10:09 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Captain Scarlet - March 4, 2011 at 2:44 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by theVOID - March 4, 2011 at 2:57 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by reverendjeremiah - March 4, 2011 at 3:02 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by fr0d0 - March 4, 2011 at 3:06 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Zen Badger - March 5, 2011 at 8:07 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by fr0d0 - March 11, 2011 at 6:35 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Spectrum - March 4, 2011 at 4:29 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Skipper - March 4, 2011 at 4:39 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by The Omnissiunt One - March 4, 2011 at 5:02 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by reverendjeremiah - March 4, 2011 at 5:10 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by HeyItsZeus - March 4, 2011 at 6:40 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Godschild - March 4, 2011 at 8:41 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by theVOID - March 5, 2011 at 3:29 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Skipper - March 5, 2011 at 8:12 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Godschild - March 11, 2011 at 12:39 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Anomalocaris - March 11, 2011 at 2:36 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by reverendjeremiah - March 11, 2011 at 12:57 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Godschild - March 11, 2011 at 5:51 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by LastPoet - March 11, 2011 at 6:30 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Godschild - March 12, 2011 at 4:04 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Ace Otana - March 12, 2011 at 7:53 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Minimalist - March 4, 2011 at 9:30 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by padraic - March 5, 2011 at 3:49 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by tackattack - March 5, 2011 at 6:17 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Strongbad - March 5, 2011 at 10:53 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by downbeatplumb - March 5, 2011 at 10:56 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by reverendjeremiah - March 5, 2011 at 11:15 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Ubermensch - March 10, 2011 at 6:35 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Satyriasis - March 11, 2011 at 6:58 am
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by everythingafter - March 11, 2011 at 1:28 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by reverendjeremiah - March 11, 2011 at 1:58 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by everythingafter - March 11, 2011 at 2:04 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Ace Otana - March 11, 2011 at 6:28 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Rev. Rye - March 11, 2011 at 9:54 pm
RE: A Thought from a Theist - by Cinjin - March 12, 2011 at 5:35 am

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