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Deism Origins and Relations to other Faiths

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Christian and Religious Themes

Updated 3/23/2025

• Saint Augustine Introduction
• An Overview of Gnosticism and the Bible
• Atheistic Pantheism vs. Classical Deism
• Early Years of St Augustine
• 16th and 17th Century Socinians: Their Rationality
• Why We Should Know John Calvin
• A History of Christianity in Egypt: Birth and Early Growth
• Judaism Meets Hellenism and the Logos
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• The Apostle Paul Founder of Christianity
• What is New Age Religion?
• Were the Three Kings in Matthew Zoroastrian Magi?
• Original Sin, an Overview
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• Zoroastrianism and Judaism According to the Jewish Encyclopedia
• Biblical Monotheism Persian Influences

• Critique of 'Western Thought Influenced by Zoroastrianism' by Lewis Loflin
• Humanism, the Early Church, and Rational Religion
• Neoplatonism Relation to Christianity-Gnosticism
• Early Christian and Medieval Neoplatonism
• Jewish View of Original Sin
• Problem of Original Source Material for Zoroastrianism
• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
• St Augustine Conversion to Monastic Life and Ordination
• Saint Augustine His Christian World View
• What is Christian Fundamentalism?
• Calvin and Calvinism Explored
• Resemblance Between Zoroastrianism and Judaism
• Gospel of John a Critical Review
• Overview Hellenistic Judaism
• Reform Judaism and the Relationship to Deism
• An Examination of Pelagius Why He Was Right
• Some Brief Background on the Bible
• No Jesus Was Not Zoroaster or Buddha
• Hellenism Meets Judaism: Syncretism and Cultural Conflict
• Zoroastrianism’s Influence on Judaism: Syncretism in Historical Context
• Religious Syncretism, Hellenism, and Christianity
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• Judaism Meets Zoroastrianism

• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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• Gospel of John a Critical Review
• Overview Hellenistic Judaism
• Reform Judaism and the Relationship to Deism
• Early Christian and Medieval Neoplatonism
• An Examination of Pelagius Why He Was Right
• Some Brief Background on the Bible
• No Jesus Was Not Zoroaster or Buddha
• Neoplatonism Relation to Christianity-Gnosticism
• What is Christian Fundamentalism?
• Saint Augustine His Christian World View
• Humanism, the Early Church, and Rational Religion
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• Jewish View of Original Sin
• Critique of 'Western Thought Influenced by Zoroastrianism' by Lewis Loflin

Christian

• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
• Calvin and Calvinism
• St Augustine Conversion to Monastic Life and Ordination
• An Overview of Gnosticism and the Bible
• Gospel of John a Critical Review
• Early Christian and Medieval Neoplatonism
• An Examination of Pelagius Why He Was Right
• No Jesus Was Not Zoroaster or Buddha
• Early Years of St Augustine
• Neoplatonism Relation to Christianity-Gnosticism
• 16th and 17th Century Socinians: Their Rationality
• What is Christian Fundamentalism?
• Saint Augustine His Christian World View
• Saint Augustine Introduction
• Why We Should Know John Calvin
• A History of Christianity in Egypt: Birth and Early Growth
• Humanism, the Early Church, and Rational Religion
• Jesus the Man Before Paul's Christ
• The Apostle Paul Founder of Christianity

Jewish

• Resemblance Between Zoroastrianism and Judaism
• Overview Hellenistic Judaism
• Reform Judaism and the Relationship to Deism
• Judaism Meets Hellenism and the Logos
• Judaism Meets Zoroastrianism
• Jewish View of Original Sin

Zoroastrianism

• Some Brief Background on the Bible
• Problem of Original Source Material for Zoroastrianism
• Were the Three Kings in Matthew Zoroastrian Magi?
• More Questions on Zoroastrianism
• Zoroastrianism and Judaism According to the Jewish Encyclopedia
• Biblical Monotheism Persian Influences
• Critique of 'Western Thought Influenced by Zoroastrianism' by Lewis Loflin

Secular Humanism

• Secular Humanism: The Atheist Illusion and America’s Roots
• The French Revolution: Humanism’s First Bloody Step
• Marxism—The Second Humanist Revolution
• References for Secular Humanism Series

Mysticism, Pantheism, Gnosticism Resources

• An Overview of Gnosticism and the Bible
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• Atheistic Pantheism vs. Classical Deism
• What is New Age Religion?
• Does Pantheism Lead to Leftism?
• Debunking Panendeism: More New Age Nonsense
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• Alexander, the Jews, and Hellenism
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• Allegorical Interpretation

Discussions on Islam from a Deist' Viewpoint

• Exploring Deism Origins and History
• Deism Versus Islam An Overview
• Deist Examination of Islam: A Critical Perspective
• Making Fun of Islam is Not a Hate Crime by Lewis Loflin
• Eastern Roman Empire by Turgut Ozal Introduction by Lewis Loflin
• Why Muslim Nations Struggle with Innovation: A Deist View
• Deist Examination of Islamic Trinity by Lewis Loflin
• Chronology Early Islam Historical Perspective
• The Jews of Spain: Reason, Rambam, and History
• Mental Pathways to Islamic Jihadi Terrorism
• Murdering Mother: The Hidden Face of Honor Killing
• Caliphate: A Future Vision by Tom Kratman
• Decline of the Eastern Roman Empire: A Historical Analysis
• Who did what for Israel in 1948? America Did Nothing
• Jewish Refugees of 1948

• Mythical Golden Age of Islam
• Mohammed the Man as Islamic Ideology
• Koran Origins by Ibn Warraq

Excerpts from Will Durant's The Age of Faith Pages 162-186 Pub. 1950

• Koran: Form
• Mohammed in Mecca: 569-622
• Mohammed in Medina: 622-30
• Mohammed Victorious: 630-32
• Islam and Science by Will Durant
• Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian Sources of the Koran

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