- Life's Message - http://lifesmessage.com/
A monotheistic religion based on transcendent moral principle.
- Deism101US - http://www.geocities.com/deism101us/
Collection of downloadable writings on skepticism, divine revelation, and ethics as well as works by Thomas Paine.
- Thoemmes.com: Charles Blount - http://www.thoemmes.com/dictionaries/blount.htm
Short biography of the life and accomplishments of this early English Deist.
- Deism and Reason - http://www.sullivan-county.com/deism.htm
Surveys and espouses traditional Deism. E-text resources and Deist quotations.
- World View: Deism - http://home.wxs.nl/~faase009/GEwv_d.html
Christian evaluation with positive and negative comments, bibliography of books by and critical of Deists.
- How a Catholic Priest Turned Deist - http://home.att.net/~rayfontaine/
Father Raymond Fontaine describes why he left the Roman Catholic Church and now leans toward Deism.
- Abraham Lincoln: Deist and Admirer of Thomas Paine - http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/steinlinc.htm
Chapter from the book "Religious Beliefs of Our Presidents," by Franklin Steiner (1936). Relates opinions of Lincoln's friends and biographers regarding the nature of his belief.
- Kant's Theistic Solution - http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/srp/arts/KTS.html
Essay by Stephen Palmquist proposes that Kant is better classified as a Theist than as a Deist.
- Deism Advocated in the Bible - http://www.awitness.org/essays/deism.html
Series of articles finds strains of Deism in some books of the Bible.
- Rise and Fall of English Deism - http://www.ontruth.com/deism.html
Essay by Cky J. Carrigan provides historical survey, discusses proponents and main tenets, and analyzes its demise.
- The Light - http://www.angelfire.com/al2/thelight/
Original articles by Vynn Roehm extolling the reasonable, immutable nature of God as revealed in creation. Annotated reading list.
- Einstein on a Personal God - http://condor.stcloudstate.edu/~lesikar/einstein/personal.html
Excerpts illustrating belief in a supreme moral code while denying a personal God.
- Joseph Butler - http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/187.html
James Kiefer discusses Butler's arguments against Deism.
- Hume and the American Deists on Miracles - http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~phildept/Dye/Miracles.html
Essay by James Dye discusses David Hume's influence on the Deism of Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine, and Elihu Palmer.
- Positive Deism - http://www.positivedeism.com/
Promotes Deism and its beliefs with articles, forum, and chat.
- Four Discourses - http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/mccorkle.html
Portion of 1798 work by Samuel McCorkle arguing the superiority of Christianity to Deism.
- The Origins of Deism - http://www.wfu.edu/~matthetl/south/four.html
Lecture by Terry Matthews traces the course and development of Deism.
- PanenDeism.com - http://www.panendeism.com/
Introduction and FAQ. Proposing that all reality exists within Deity and in process with Deity.
- The Deist's Reply - http://www.lysanderspooner.org/deists/deistsreplymain.html
1836 book by Lysander Spooner argues against the miracles of Jesus as found in the Gospels.
- Deist Information - http://www.deist.info/
Stephen Zinn explains how he came to believe in Deism. Primer and chronology.
- Jewish Encyclopedia: Deism - http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=209&letter=D
Brief survey of English Deists, the influences in philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn, and the Talmud's rejection of the concept.
- Open Your Eyes - http://members.allstream.net/~fnojd/
Defends Deism and theistic evolution, examines issues of Biblical errancy.
- Five Points of Deism - http://www.keyano.ca:8080/bhemstock/engl358/deism/
Slideshow on the characteristics of the Enlightenment and Deism.
- Deism, French - http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/deismfre.htm
Brief historical survey of the development of Deism in France, as espoused by Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau.
- Telic 21 - http://www.telic21.org/
Promoting Process Deism which emphasizes evolutionary progress.
- Atheist Becomes Theist - http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/
Interview with former Atheist Antony Flew about his belief in Deism and the possibility of Theism.
- Modern Deism - http://moderndeism.com/
Primer, quotes, and articles.
- Deism - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-77
From the Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
- Dynamic Deism - http://www.dynamicdeism.org/
Library of audio sermons and articles (MP3).
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