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Originally posted by triad
raeanna74, wasn't what Franklin, as well as other enlightenment thinkers, belive in Deism? Which, and I could be wrong" is the belife that God set everything into motion and then left?
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Deist (Wester's Dictionary) "One who believes in the existence of a God or supreme being but denies revealed religion, basing his belief on the light of nature and reason."
"Most Deists believe that God created the universe, "wound it up" and then disassociated himself from his creation. Some refer to Deists as believing in a God who acts as an absentee landlord or a blind watchmaker. A few Deists believe that God still intervenes in human affairs from time to time."
Deism
There are some minor differences between deists as to how the world got started and how it continues.
I don't remember where I read it but I remember reading sometime in highschool about Ben Franklin using the words, "The Great Clockwinder." I may be wrong but that's what seems to stick in my head.
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