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Am I still an atheist if I believe in a higher being?
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RE: Am I still an atheist if I believe in a higher being?
The difference between deism and theism is that in a theistic religion, people believe in the existence of a specific God like Allah, Jesus or Vishnu. Deism is just a belief in a higher power because you see that as the most likely explanation of why we're all here.

For all practical purposes, deists, pantheists, agnostics and atheists have a lot in common because all of them live their lives assuming there is no personal God who cares if you're masturbating right now. All have a secular sense of morality and are likely to oppose religion in government.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
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RE: Am I still an atheist if I believe in a higher being? - by AFTT47 - August 8, 2015 at 12:26 am

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