From Christian Deism as a Personal Religion, written by John Lindell and published on his website The Human Jesus and Christian Deism:
1. God is our Creator.
2. God intends for us to love God and to love each other.
3. We should repent of "sin," which is any failure to love.
4. God forgives us if we repent of our sins and we forgive others who repent of their sins against us.
5. The "gospel" (good news) is that the kingdom of God is a reality on earth now for those who are committed to following God's laws of love.
6. The life we have received from God must be returned to God eventually. If we try to live now as God intends for us to live, we can trust God to take care of the future.
These are some of the basic beliefs in Christian deism, as I see them. Each Christian deist can apply these beliefs in the ways that seem reasonable to the individual. The practice of Christian deism is an individual matter and no one is limited to my understanding of what it means to be a Christian deist. Christian deists believe that God gave us the ability to reason (think logically), and no person is required to believe anything that seems unreasonable to that individual."
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