(August 9, 2015 at 11:48 am)vixene Wrote: Deism isn't necessarily a belief in a god, what would you suppose is the belief in the possibility of a god but not a direct belief that one exists?
(August 9, 2015 at 11:37 am)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Why should anyone here be required to disprove your claim. You made the claim, you get the burden of proof.
But I didn't actually make a claim, I just said I believe in the possibility of a god.
Deism is the belief in a god:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...ctCode=all
If "supreme being" throws you, take a look at:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...upreme__18
If you believe that a god is possible, but do not actually believe in a god, you are a weak atheist. Many such people, though, call themselves "agnostics."
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
