Thomas Paine argued that there is happiness in deism, when the concept is correctly understood. What distinguishes deism from the rest of world religion is that deism does not need tricks to show miracles and confirm faith. He claimed that deism brings happiness to its followers; unlike other religious systems where they refrain from reasoning and if the reasoning makes sense they dispute it. A thinking man or woman must restrain his reason to force himself to believe the teachings of that religion without question. Deist believes that the structure of the universe and everything we witness in the world creation system are far more convincing than any text or scripture. Deists believe that the exercise of reason is what allowed them to contemplate God and His work. (Paine, 1794) Thomas Paine also mentions that "man has strayed from the straight path of his duty and pursued happiness, and has become from time to time the victim of doubt and the deception of the illusion of that which people call it religion." At the other extreme, the evangelical revivalist faithfully emphasizes the importance of God's words and the engagement of the Holy Spirit in the beatification of the lives of Christian followers. Deists were often perceived as pure rationalists who advocated nothing but reasoning, while Methodists were commonly identified as religious fanatics. (Heidinger, 1986) These two movements together often led to great disagreement in the early 18th century. This article argues that although the evangelical Methodist and the Deist may appear completely opposite on the outside, their core concept appeared to be very similar. The founder of the method... center of paper... the transition between the two practices, where deists who were once thought to be severe "rationalized" into "enthusiasts" and Methodists who were once thought to be "enthusiasts" became more “rationalizing”. As mentioned above, Deism may appear to be strictly a rationalist movement and Methodism a totally enthusiastic movement, but both provided a lot of devotion and commitment to publicizing addressing religious problems and freed it from the four walls of the church. They took advantage of the religious freedom they gained in forming societies and organizations to promote debate and exercise alternative religious approaches. While they may not recognize that they have much in common and claim that each other was unorthodox, in the end they both tried to identify their religious beliefs based on their experience..
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