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Deism Anonymous 10/02/14 (Thu) 00:57:03 No.139

Are there any other deists here?

What are your views on the nature of God?

Anonymous 10/02/14 (Thu) 01:34:59 No.140

>>139
Why would God just create us and place us in this universe, and then leave it to run on its own?

Anonymous 10/02/14 (Thu) 02:08:23 No.142

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>>139
>All human beings are created equal under God, with the same natural rights.

Anonymous 10/02/14 (Thu) 03:53:08 No.144

>>140
Gnon is without "person" in the differentiated sense. Such questions are irrelevant.
>>142
This.
>natural rights

Anonymous 10/02/14 (Thu) 13:47:57 No.148

Bullshit Op. Thats not Deism, just ur own special type of deism. Deism holds no dogmas expect a belife in a supreme creator ala God

Anonymous 10/02/14 (Thu) 21:30:41 No.151

Not really; I believe in Christian dualism.

Anonymous 10/03/14 (Fri) 14:25:00 No.162

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Deist reporting in.

I'd like to add that there are no "core beliefs" of deism aside from the acknowledgement of an impersonal Supreme Being.

Anonymous 10/04/14 (Sat) 03:25:26 No.165

Is there an afterlife in Deism?

Anonymous 10/04/14 (Sat) 05:17:08 No.168

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>>165
Deism is one of the most sterile and bare-bones "religions." The basic thesis is "There's a God I guess, because logic." Even if deists could convince me that they were correct I would still look for a more interesting or fulfilling religion to practice.

Not to say that one should ignore logic for the sake of fulfillment, but I would assert that it is logical that a God who created man for some end would manifest this end in a spiritually fulfilling and intelligible way.

Hence, Christ.

Anonymous 10/06/14 (Mon) 10:59:55 No.247

>>168
>Not to say that one should ignore logic for the sake of fulfillment

So we all should ignore everything and do drugs!Amirite?

>Hence, Christ.

Like every fucking religion out there without as many contradictions with themselves and with the real world?Also,Deism just asserts that there is a god,there are people who believe there is an objective,there are people who believe he is just a dick watching us like in The Sims.

Anonymous 10/06/14 (Mon) 14:52:19 No.250

>>247
>So we all should ignore everything and do drugs!Amirite?

Look closer buddy, I said we should NOT ignore logic for the sake of fulfillment, just that fulfillment does have its place and importance.

That the deist god is ultimately unfulfilling and the Christian God is perfectly fulfilling (in that He answers virtually every human concern about existence and purpose in a consistent way) was merely something I was positing as a positive attribute of Christianity contra deism.

I'd love to know what all these "contradictions" are you're talking about within and without of Christianity. I'll just say up front that if you are going to criticize a positivist literalist interpretation of the Bible I am not going to address those criticisms, since I do not believe that is a true or inerrant method of interpreting scripture.

Anonymous 10/07/14 (Tue) 00:18:09 No.267

>the order and complexity of nature make god self-evident

Not by a long shot. I thought that silly notion was done away with….

Anonymous 10/07/14 (Tue) 00:29:54 No.269

>>267
That all matter is contingent implies a non-contingent source.

Anonymous 10/07/14 (Tue) 06:27:31 No.279

Deism by itself is incomplete. Christian Deism (which tbh is the only form of Deism) works better, but is still lacking in the important question of "Why?"

Personally, I find the Clock-Maker explanation to be shit. I prefer the idea of God more akin to a scientist. He's got a reason for us to be here, and that's for us to figure out.

Anonymous 10/31/14 (Fri) 20:20:22 No.411

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>>269
Ahhaha!
….No.

Anonymous 10/31/14 (Fri) 22:25:15 No.412

Yes, I consider myself an agnostic deist.