Deism

In Our Time: Religion by BBC

Oct 8, 202048:17Society & Culture

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that God created the universe and then left it for humans to understand by reason not revelation. Edward Herbert, 1583-1648 (pictured above) held that there were five religious tr...

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