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Originally Posted by Gettin' In Tune  Yes deists have a concept of god, but it is not particular. The biggest strength among deist is their capacity to disagree and argue about the nature of god...so in this case it is not particular. |
Yes deists have a concept of god, but it is not particular. The biggest strength among deist is their capacity to disagree and argue about the nature of god...so in this case it is not particular. Yes, deists believe in god based on reason and nature, but the nature of god is open. This openness is often causing for intelligent, reasonable argument. Never an argument built on blind faith, but on rational faith.
If it is built on faith, we respect that faith since the foundations were built on reason and nature. We also respect to argue that faith: destroy, built it, or come to respect it through reason.
Deism is not a form theism. IMO is most deists disavow revealed religion.
Correct me if I am wrong, but deists do not believe in “the word of god”.
We do not take that leap. Deists do believe in morals and characters that are transcendent to man himself, but not the word of god travels through books and man. Honesty, integrity, temperance, family, truth, humilit are all traits that transcend man without god. (I have to work on a few of them). These words arrive through man and not god.
What is god’s will you can ask? I do not know.
An agnostic never takes this stance, but remains neutral. This is a fair stance. Unless god come down to shake the agnostic’s hand or give him more faith than faith in eating a hamburger, the agnostic stance is a fair stance.
Deism, believes in a creator. It is not a creator of revelation, but reason. With our current reason, this creator earns faith but it is not the blind faith of theism.
I think deism is closer to atheism and agnosticism than theism.
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