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Confidence
Belief overview
Religious tolerance
Coexistence between different convictions is seen as a rational and civil requirement.
2
Supportive
0
Contrary
1
Neutral
What it is: Deism frequently values religious tolerance and freedom of conscience.
How the position understands it: Since great revelational traditions diverge among themselves, public life should avoid doctrinal coercion and allow rational debate and civil coexistence.
Basis and context: This theme appears strongly in modern essays on tolerance, civil rights, and pluralism.
Debates and variations: Some formulations are more political; others more directly theological or moral.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
John Locke, The Reasonableness of Christianity
A border text on rational Christianity.
Reference: John Locke, The Reasonableness of Christianity.
Content: Locke seeks to present Christianity in rational and moderate terms, without fully coinciding with classical deism.
Use in debate: It is a useful source of context and tension on the borders between rational Christianity and deism.
Voltaire, Treatise on Tolerance
An emblematic text on tolerance and the critique of fanaticism.
Reference: Voltaire, Traité sur la tolérance.
Content: Voltaire criticizes religious persecution and fanaticism, defending a more rational civil coexistence.
Use in debate: It is important for the ethical and political side of Enlightenment deism.
Neutral
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 18
A modern legal basis for freedom of conscience.
Reference: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 18.
Content: The text guarantees freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including change of conviction and public or private expression.
Use in debate: It is relevant for the link between agnosticism, pluralism, and the civil protection of doubt.