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		<title>On Jefferson and God</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2010/02/03/on-jefferson-and-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found a copy of the original letter on an Apriarian sect here: http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/051/0500/0555.jpg.  This is addressed to Thomas B. Parker. My transcription is as follows.  I hope I got it right:  Monticello May 15, 1819 I thank you, Sir, for the pamphlet you have been so kind as to send me on the reveries, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another symbol for Deism, this from Thomas Jefferson</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2010/01/22/another-symbol-for-deism-this-from-thomas-jefferson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter once to Thomas B. Parker in which he considers proper religion.  He said:  Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apriarians, and after the example of the bees advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s religious faith:  Christian Deism</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2010/01/14/thomas-jeffersons-religious-faith-christian-deism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2010/01/14/thomas-jeffersons-religious-faith-christian-deism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1798 and 1799 Thomas Jefferson had conversations with Dr Joseph Priestly and Dr Benjamin Rush on the topic of the Christian faith.  Jefferson was questioned about his own religious beliefs.  Jefferson put off his response until about four years later when he was serving as President.  He wrote a short outline entitled &#8220;Syllabus of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Socialized medicine: Tyranny vs Conscience</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/22/socialized-medicine-tyranny-vs-conscience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/22/socialized-medicine-tyranny-vs-conscience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a spiritual matter, the problem of Tyranny is the problem of conscience.  A virtuous and Godly life requires freedom of choice.  The freedom to choose between a red car and a green car is not an issue.  The &#8220;Liberty&#8221; in &#8220;Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness&#8221; refers to liberty of conscience, not the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Deist church and consciencious objections</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/20/a-deist-church-and-consciencious-objections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/20/a-deist-church-and-consciencious-objections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the legislation coming from the socialists in Washington, DC, has me wondering.  Some of the bills apply taxes for such things as the socialized medicine bill.  The Americans for Tax Reform web site gives one example.  Here is a page that documents the taxes in the Senate version of the criminal and immoral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Jeffersonian Deism is necessary for American freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/17/why-jeffersonian-deism-is-necessary-for-american-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/17/why-jeffersonian-deism-is-necessary-for-american-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at the lesson of history, we see that when one group conquers a nation it either demonizes the gods of the conquered nation, or it absorbs the conquered gods and makes them subservient to the gods of the conquerers.  A variation on that happened during the American Revolution.  The revolutionaries made the Christian God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m against gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/09/why-im-against-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/09/why-im-against-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one of those folks who believes that homosexuality is evil.  People are homosexual by God&#8217;s will, not by human moral choice.  But I believe it is a bad idea to make homosexual marriage a legal institution . This is a topic I&#8217;m interested in because I&#8217;ve thought about what a pure Deist church would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another look at &#8220;the Laws of Nature and of Nature&#8217;s God&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/06/another-look-at-the-laws-of-nature-and-of-natures-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/06/another-look-at-the-laws-of-nature-and-of-natures-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reflecting on the phrase &#8220;the Laws of Nature and of Nature&#8217;s God&#8221; recently. Most people reading that famous phrase have no idea what those words mean. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that &#8220;the Laws of Nature&#8221; refers to a set of semi-formal principles about how people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin says nation should rededicate itself to God</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/04/sarah-palin-says-nation-should-rededicate-itself-to-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/04/sarah-palin-says-nation-should-rededicate-itself-to-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=2062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(cross posted from HellcatRepublican.com/blog) Sarah is 100% right about this. Even though I don&#8217;t belong to any church or follow any religion, except perhaps what I would call Jeffersonian Deism, I&#8217;m glad to see Sarah standing up for religion. The Founders were very clear that the new government they created was dependent on virtue, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let me be the first to call it a Marxist coup d&#8217;état</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/11/18/let-me-be-the-first-to-call-it-a-marxist-coup-detat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/11/18/let-me-be-the-first-to-call-it-a-marxist-coup-detat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After digging up a lot of articles for HellcatRepublican.com, I finally got a handle on what is going on in Washington, DC.  Addressing the illness in Washington is like addressing any other disease.  Putting a name on it helps a lot.  After you get a clear diagnosis of which disease you have, you can treat [...]]]></description>
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