Do Deists believe in the soul?

Different Deists had different beliefs about the immortality of the soul, about the existence of Hell and damnation to punish the wicked, and the existence of Heaven to reward the virtuous.

Which religions do not believe in an afterlife?

Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses occasionally use terms such as “afterlife” to refer to any hope for the dead, but they understand Ecclesiastes 9:5 to preclude belief in an immortal soul. Individuals judged by God to be wicked, such as in the Great Flood or at Armageddon, are given no hope of an afterlife.

Do deists believe in Heaven/Hell?

We Deists hope for an afterlife and believe that one may exist. However, we can never really know no matter what anyone says on the subject. As such, we do not accept the beliefs of other religions that tell us there is an heaven/hell or reincarnation. We simply ask what evidence exists for such places and concepts and have found none.

What do deists believe about the afterlife?

Deists know that there is no proof in an afterlife so the best plan is to hope for one and then focus on this life. Deists believe that we must live this life to the fullest as it may be the only one that we have.

Why don’t deists give an answer?

In many cases we Deists give an answer even if it is quite basic (and in most cases it is). However, there is one area that Deists don’t give an answer on and this may be one of the reasons Deism never has been able to grow larger than it is.

Did American deists believe in reincarnation of the soul?

Again, Greg, you are 100\% with your assertion that most of the American Deists not only believed in the reincarnation of the soul, but the core Deists knew their past lives — and formed the tenets of our Constitutional form of government to accommodate and bring about the spiritual evolution of the individual.