(November 9, 2010 at 4:41 pm)theVOID Wrote: You were born believing in an impersonal god?I find that hard to believe.
Odd as it may sound, that's the best way to describe it. I don't personally know any other deists but what I've read from others who've contacted me online is the same "realization" experience. Nobody seems to convert to deism, or at least no one that I know of. We discover that's what we are.
I've said in previous posts on this subject that I can't offer any proof that will satisfy any atheist. The closest and most original I've offered is my "homosexuality proves God" argument. I've come to realize that the sense that the universe is some grand machine is an instinctive one, not one that can be explained any other way. Consequently, there's no debating it rationally and little point in doing so, considering my life wouldn't change as an atheist.
Really, we're both atheists anyway. I just dismiss one less god than you do.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
