Why Benjamin Franklin was a Deist The Age of Reason; this is what the eighteenth century is often refereed to. It was called the Age of Reason because people were interested in logic. Being concerned with logic, people began to loose faith in religions that said humans were evil by nature and only a chosen few would be going to heaven. Moreover, people didn't want to believe in a religion that didn't make sense to …showed first 75 words of 1250 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1250 total…bible, or the Puritan religion as in "A Witch Trial at Mount Holly", one sees he wanted to be perfect in The Autobiography, and finally that he believed hard work and education were extremely important to him by reading the aphorisms he wrote; all beliefs of Deism. Religion is important to everyone and one's views on it shouldn't be hidden away from the public; one should follow Franklin's example and be prideful or their faith.