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Reza Aslan | PBD Podcast | Ep. 222

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Deism Is a Form of Protestantism

Deism is a form of Protestantism. That's what it is. I think if you want it to be, it can be. But no, they're not pastors. They're not religious scholars. Nor were they Protestant scholars at all. And deism isn't some brand new religion invented by the Founding Fathers. It is a natural progression from Protestantism and its thousands of thousands of sects. Deists were just one of the many, many, many interpretations that arose out of Protestantism."

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