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deism n.自然神論〔17、18世紀的學說,說上帝創造世界及其自...

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As deism gained influence among a few intellectuals , americans , including some christians unaware of the implications of what they were doing , began to shift their attention from pleasing god to enjoying this life ; from obeying god ' s will to fulfilling their own will ; from submission to god to personal freedom and autonomy ; from reliance on the bible for wisdom to trusting in their own ideas as to what was right 就當自然神論者在美國知識份子之間造成影響之際,美國人開始將他們的注意力從取悅神轉變為享受今世的生活,從順服神轉變為追求個人自*由與自主,從倚靠圣經的智慧轉變為相信自己的是非判斷,其中也包括一些未察覺到其作法所帶來的影響的基督徒。

He was chiefly inspired by 18th - century deism ( rational belief in a transcendent creator god ) and unitarianism ( belief in god ' s essential oneness ) , but some of his writing suggests that he was aware of the religious ideas of the freemasons ( a secret fraternity that espouses some deistic concepts ) 他主要是受到18世紀的自然神論(理性地相信一個超然的創造神)和上帝一位論(相信神本質上是單一的)的影響,但他的一些著作也暗示了他也知道共濟會(一個贊成某些自然神觀念的秘密兄弟會)的宗教理念。

This ignores the distinction between theism , which usually considers god as an active agent in world history , and deism , which does not 這忽略了有神論和自然神論之間的明顯差異,前者通常把上帝當作世界歷史的一個積極參與者,而后者則不這樣認為。

Furthermore , some scholars deny that locke was a deist or that the declaration of independence draws its inspiration from deism or rationalism 此外,一些學者否定洛克是一個自然神論者,也否定獨立宣言受自然神論或理性主義的啟發。

We must realize , however , that european deism never took root in america 然而,我們必須了解,歐洲的自然神論從未在美國生根。