“The religion of nature is the only universal religion; it grows out of the moral relations of intelligent beings, and it stands connected with the progressive improvement and common welfare of the human race”, and “Science and truth, virtue and happiness, are the great objects to which the activity and energy of the human faculties ought to be directed.”

Each one of these major elements is portrayed in “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”

The first major element, “Man is possessed of moral and intellectual facult

The last major element in the Deist Creed is “Science and truth, virtue and happiness, are the greatest objects to which the activity and energy of the human faculties ought to be directed”. This quote says that if everything would be directed around science,

ies sufficient for the improvement of his nature and the acquisition of happiness”, is about man and his characteristics that help him become a happier person. I believe that Franklin has based his whole autobiography on this belief. The autobiography is mainly about how Franklin tried to be a happier or better person. Franklin tried to become a better person by making of log of all of his faults he would like to work on (859). If he found that on a specific day he had a fault he would mark his log with a black dot. Franklin’s hopes for this was that after thirteen days there would not be any black dots in his log.

In conclusion, people who believe in Deism are no different from people whom have different beliefs. In the end, their main goal is to be a happier person no matter how they go about meeting that goal. I have learned a lot from the Deist perspective and I can say that I do agree with some of the elements from the Deist Creed. The elements I most

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