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Old 09-28-2002, 07:29 AM   #11
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18th C. freethinkers were usually deist rather than atheist. ... Deism started disappearing once you could dispense with a deity for doing all the complexity of nature.</strong>
Interestingly, some ancient Greeks could qualify as deists or similar; consider Aristotle.
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