For Deists, human beings can only know God via reason and the observation of nature, but not by revelation or supernatural manifestations ( such as miracles ) – phenomena which Deists regard with caution if not skepticism.

Spiritual Deists reject all divine revelation, religious dogma, and supernatural events and favor an ongoing personalized connection with the divine presence through intuition, communion with nature, meditation and contemplation.

Many of the leading members were Deists, those who were against organized religion and believed that nature and reason were the only way to experience God.

In 1707 Wotton was awarded a " Lambeth degree " of Doctor of Divinity by Archbishop Thomas Tenison in recognition of his writings in support of the established Church of England against the Deists.

Deists saw their mission as the stripping away of " priestcraft " and " mysteries " from religion, thereby restoring religion to its original, true conditionsimple and rational.

Deists of the 18th and early 19th centuries, such as Napoleon and various Founding Fathers of the United States, similarly considered themselves part of Christian culture, despite their doubts about the divinity of Jesus.

Deists referred to this kind of manipulation of religious doctrine as " priestcraft ", a highly derogatory term.

During 18th century the village, together with Rokytno and Býšť, was center of persecuted religious sect of Deists ( called blouznivci ).

During the 18th century the village, together with Rokytno and Chvojenec, was the center of a persecuted religious sect of Deists ( called blouznivci ).

During the 18th century, the village, together with Chvojenec and Býšť, was center of persecuted religious sect of Deists ( called blouznivci ).

Translations of Confucian texts influenced European thinkers of the period, particularly among the Deists and other philosophical groups of the Enlightenment who were interested by the integration of the system of morality of Confucius into Western civilization.

It is thought that such works had considerable importance on European thinkers of the period, particularly among the Deists and other philosophical groups of the Enlightenment who were interested by the integration of the system of morality of Confucius into Western civilization.

Deists hold a variety of beliefs about the soul.

... Other Deists were to follow his lead.

This effectively widened the gap between traditional Christians and what he called " Christian Deists ", since this new foundation required that " revealed " truth be validated through human reason.

It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them ; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations ; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.

In 1993, Bob Johnson established the first Deist organization since the days of Thomas Paine and Elihu Palmer with the World Union of Deists.

In 2009, the World Union of Deists published a book on deism, Deism: A Revolution in Religion, A Revolution in You written by its founder and director, Bob Johnson.

In 2010, the Church of Deism was formed in an effort to extend the legal rights and privileges of more traditional religions to Deists while maintaining an absence of established dogma and ritual.

Generally, Spiritual Deists reject the notion that God consciously intervenes in human affairs.

Because of this, Spiritual Deists are extremely welcoming and tolerant to all except dogma, demagoguery, and intolerance itself.

Therefore, most Spiritual Deists are more comfortable contemplating the universe as a mystery than they are in filling it with belief systems such as eternal reward, reincarnation, karma, etc.

* Some deists, usually referred to as Spiritual Deists, practice meditation and make frequent use of Affirmative Prayer, a non-supplicative form of prayer which is common in the New Thought movement.

* The American Deists: Voices of Reason & Dissent in the Early Republic by Kerry S. Walters ( University of Kansas Press, 1992 ), which includes an extensive bibliographic essay

In addition, monists can be Deists, Pandeists, Theists, Naturalists, or Panentheists ; believing in a monotheistic god that is omnipotent and all-pervading, and both transcendent and immanent.

Some Deists believe in an impersonal god that does not intervene in the world, while other Deists believe in intervention through Providence.

It was the early Deists of the middling ranks, and not the educated elite, who initiated the kind of ridicule Paine would make famous.

The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists: The Discourse of Skepticism, 1680 – 1750.

Petitioner was not entitled to have the hearing officer's notes and report, especially since he failed to show any particular need for them and he did have a copy of the Department of Justice's recommendation to the appeal board.

Having had every opportunity to rebut the finding of the local board before both the hearing officer and the appeal board, petitioner cannot now claim that he was denied due process because he did not succeed.

He did receive a resume of it -- the same that was furnished the appeal board -- and he made no claim of its inaccuracy.

The failure to formally object at the time, to what one views as improper action in the lower court, may result in the affirmance of the lower court's judgment on the grounds that one did not " preserve the issue for appeal " by objecting.

In 2005, a California federal court ruled that a group alleging that anthroposophy is a religion for Establishment Clause purposes did not provide any legally admissible evidence in support of this view ; the case is under appeal.

He did not speak about his poetry in public until 1933 when he gave a lecture, " The Name and Nature of Poetry ", in which he argued that poetry should appeal to emotions rather than to the intellect.

The posting did not appeal to his mother, who wrote to Lord Charles Beresford, then a senior naval officer, member of parliament and personal friend, to use his influence to obtain something better.

The unlikely collaboration performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in promotion of Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved, and despite its hard-rock appeal, Brooks's version did appear on the country charts.

They ruled that a lower court did not follow procedure when they allowed Olson to appeal.

In opposition to the German submissions, the United States argued that the Vienna Convention did not grant rights to individuals, only to states ; that the convention was meant to be exercised subject to the laws of each state party, which in the case of the United States meant subject to the doctrine of procedural default ; and that Germany was seeking to turn the ICJ into an international court of criminal appeal.

Superman attempts to appeal to Luthor about the potential of doing something even he never accomplished, but Luthor is unable to let go of his hate for Superman, costing him control of the entity as well as his memory of everything he learned or did while he was merged with it and it departs for another part of the universe.

Only when the case went to appeal did the defense return to the original claim that the prosecution was invalid because the law was essentially designed to benefit a particular religious group, which would be unconstitutional.

However Merovingian subjects did not have a wide international appeal, so he switched to themes of life in ancient Egypt that were more popular.

Despite the predicted blowout, and the fact that San Diego did not have as much national appeal nor a relatively large core fan base, the telecast of the game on ABC still had a Nielsen rating of 41. 3.

In addition to the predicted blowout, the Chargers did not have as much national appeal nor a relatively large core fan base as the Chiefs, the Dolphins, or the Steelers.

Appeals are frequently based on a claim that the trial judge or jury did not allow or appreciate all the facts ; if that claim is successful the appeal judges will often order a trial " de novo ".

The unusual end product did not appeal to publishers, and it took several years before anybody agreed to take it on.

" Roosevelt himself did not have a clear idea of the New Deal at this point, so he promised no specific programs and tried to appeal to practically all groups of voters, even Republicans.

Arkansas did not appeal the loss.

Eastwood won the suit and agreed to pay the complainant ’ s legal fees if she did not appeal.

Although in later years he said visits to church did not appeal to him, Bergkamp still maintains his faith.

The jury convicted, but the case went to appeal on the basis that no means of accumulating evidence had been provided for jurors who did not wish to use Bayes ' theorem.

Raeder described his relations with Dönitz as very poor, saying that Dönitz's " somewhat conceited and not always tactful nature did not appeal to me ".

Moreover, unlike the Hawks film, The Thing was part of what Carpenter later called his " Apocalypse Trilogy ," a trio of films ( The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness ) with bleak endings for the film's characters, and being a graphic, sinister horror film, it did not appeal to audiences in the summer of 1982, especially when E. T.