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title: Gilson on Deism
tags: [Quote]
summary: Gilson describes the 'ghost of the Christian God' found in Deism.
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> For almost two centuries...the ghost of the Christian God has
> been attended by the ghost of Christian religion: a vague
> feeling of religiosity, a sort of trusting familiarity with
> some supreme good fellow to whom other good fellows can
> hopefully apply when they are in trouble.

---Étienne Gilson