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originally posted by: FreedomLost
a reply to: themessengernevermatters
so what does that mean in god we trust? i grew up not going to church but believing in a creator.
Deism (/ˈdiːɪzəm/ DEE-iz-əm [1][2] or /ˈdeɪ.ɪzəm/ DAY-iz-əm; derived from Latin deus, meaning "god")[3] is the philosophical position and rationalistic theology[4] that rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge, and asserts that empirical reason and observation of the natural world are exclusively logical, reliable, and sufficient to determine the existence of a Supreme Being as the creator of the universe.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Deism is also defined as the belief in the existence of God solely based on rational thought, without any reliance on revealed religions or religious authority.[3][4][5][6][7] Deism emphasizes the concept of natural theology, that is, God's existence is revealed through nature.[3][4][5][6][8]
The Age of Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Reason or simply the Enlightenment)[note 2] was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.[2] The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.[3][4]
The Enlightenment emerged out of a European intellectual and scholarly movement known as Renaissance humanism and was also preceded by the Scientific Revolution and the work of Francis Bacon, among others. Some date the beginning of the Enlightenment to René Descartes' 1637 philosophy of Cogito, ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am"), while others cite the publication of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica (1687) as the culmination of the Scientific Revolution and the beginning of the Enlightenment. French historians traditionally date its beginning with the death of Louis XIV of France in 1715 until the 1789 outbreak of the French Revolution. Most end it with the beginning of the 19th century.
Philosophers and scientists of the period widely circulated their ideas through meetings at scientific academies, Masonic lodges, literary salons, coffeehouses and in printed books, journals, and pamphlets. The ideas of the Enlightenment undermined the authority of the monarchy and the Catholic Church and paved the way for the political revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. A variety of 19th-century movements, including liberalism, communism, and neoclassicism, trace their intellectual heritage to the Enlightenment.[5]
originally posted by: FreedomLost
a reply to: themessengernevermatters
so they trust the untrustworthy? why not just say that instead of having millions of people subcribe to a certain ideal? it sounds like the future to me.
originally posted by: FreedomLost
ya there have been the 1% of women that could read throughout history but now the ither 90% have the chance to learn. Just sayin that if women had rights before & they were actureally mentioned in the cinstitution it would be way better probs. but what up man how us men doing nowadays? all men are created equal. just cause of the few senteces before doesnt direct my term for the words just like the constitution your saying which is completely agreeable in certain terms of the asspect.
a reply to: FreedomLost
They wouldnt have wanted cars either. Or video games either.
originally posted by: FreedomLost
a reply to: Athetos
i dont have the first clue on the solution so why am i saying the problem?, cause im like every other chum out there just thinkin im figuring stuff out & say it in hopes someone else can truly figure out a perception of whats realities most peaceful future.
No answer ha
i am american & i love where i live. thats why i think im doing better by stating things that i think could be true or not. but its better to at least say it cause its merica & that how we smarten upp
originally posted by: FreedomLost
a reply to: Xtrozero
also teu sayimg whats up man to the next girl you meet & see how that works. not oubluc contsensus bud