We must realize , however , that european deism never took root in america 然而，我们必须了解，欧洲的自然神论从未在美国生根。
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Furthermore , some scholars deny that locke was a deist or that the declaration of independence draws its inspiration from deism or rationalism 此外，一些学者否定洛克是一个自然神论者，也否定独立宣言受自然神论或理性主义的启发。
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This ignores the distinction between theism , which usually considers god as an active agent in world history , and deism , which does not 这忽略了有神论和自然神论之间的明显差异，前者通常把上帝当作世界历史的一个积极参与者，而后者则不这样认为。
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He was chiefly inspired by 18th - century deism ( rational belief in a transcendent creator god ) and unitarianism ( belief in god ' s essential oneness ) , but some of his writing suggests that he was aware of the religious ideas of the freemasons ( a secret fraternity that espouses some deistic concepts ) 他主要是受到18世纪的自然神论（理性地相信一个超然的创造神）和上帝一位论（相信神本质上是单一的）的影响，但他的一些著作也暗示了他也知道共济会（一个赞成某些自然神观念的秘密兄弟会）的宗教理念。
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As deism gained influence among a few intellectuals , americans , including some christians unaware of the implications of what they were doing , began to shift their attention from pleasing god to enjoying this life ; from obeying god ' s will to fulfilling their own will ; from submission to god to personal freedom and autonomy ; from reliance on the bible for wisdom to trusting in their own ideas as to what was right 就当自然神论者在美国知识份子之间造成影响之际，美国人开始将他们的注意力从取悦神转变为享受今世的生活，从顺服神转变为追求个人自*由与自主，从倚靠圣经的智慧转变为相信自己的是非判断，其中也包括一些未察觉到其作法所带来的影响的基督徒。
