[CHARLITE]

"To a Deist, there isn't much difference between an Atheist and a Christian. They intended an America that would be free of religious tyranny, that's why God was so important to them."

This sounds self-contradictory to me. Would this be for the same reason that God is also very important to the ACLU, and today's secularists and avowed atheists?

[mugs99]

This sounds self-contradictory to me. Would this be for the same reason that God is also very important to the ACLU, and today's secularists and avowed atheists?

It's not contradictory at all...to a Deist. God is everything. It doesn't matter to a Deist if you don't believe in God. It doesn't matter if you pray to Jesus or Mohammad. Deists do not speak for God or dictate "God's laws" to others. George Burns gave a good Deist point of view with his quote from God: "Have fun and try not to hurt each other".

When men legislate the "Will of God", tyranny is always the result. No man speaks for God.
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