7 May 1794 A.D. French Revolution—Redefining God, the Ever-Present Impulse to Humanity ("A little of this and a little of that, thank you")
7 May 1794 A.D. French Revolution—Redefining God, the Ever-Present Impulse to Humanity ("A little of this and a little of that, thank you") Graves, Dan. “French Revolution Cult of Supreme Being.” Christianity.com. May 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/french-revolution-cult-of-supreme-being-11630325.html . Accessed 4 May 2015. "Reason is God," said the leaders of the French Revolution. But people are so unreasonable that the revolutionary leader, Robespierre, soon realized that reason makes a weak God. He became afraid that without belief in some powerful being like the Judeo-Christian God, morals would collapse. Then where would the Republic be? Strong nations need strong virtues. On this day, May 7, 1794, the Committee of Public Safety, which controlled France, decreed worship of a Supreme Being. This was not the God of the Bible, who enters into personal relationships with men, but a Deist god. Eighteenth-c...