Feb 18, 2012 -- 12:36AM, davelaw40 wrote:

Feb 18, 2012 -- 12:31AM, Bob_the_Lunatic wrote:

And to my knowledge, only Washington frequently used the term "providence" or rather "Divine Providence".  And I agree-this too is a DEIST term.

Jefferson tended to say "The Creator" and "Nature's God".

Paine focused on pointing out the fallacies of christianity.

These are the 3 most important founders in my book, all Deists.

Although Paine was called a "Filthy little atheist" by an ignorant and emotional Ted Roosevelt lol.

how can providence be a deist term? providing is the opposite of Deism

Classical deism held that a human's relationship with God was impersonal: God created the world and set it in motion but does not actively intervene in individual human affairs but rather through Divine Providence. What this means is that God will give humanity such things as reason and compassion but this applies to all and not individual intervention. 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism