RE: whats your opinion of Deism?
January 8, 2011 at 9:52 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2011 at 9:18 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
THEISM: A perfectly reasonable belief,but not one I'm able to share.
It's even been argued that some form of theism may be hard wired into human a beings. Having been around many atheist forums ove the last couple of years, I remain convinced that (generally speaking) our most powerful beliefs have little to do with reason or logic,although both are used to rationalise all beliefs,sometimes validly,often not.
As a student of Anthropology I also remain convinced that theism and religion serve a range of functions, emotional and pragmatic. EG creating a cohesive group for mutual protection and of course social and political power,THE reason for organised religion.-and one of the greatest confidence tricks ever perpetrated on the human race:the invention of priests.
It's even been argued that some form of theism may be hard wired into human a beings. Having been around many atheist forums ove the last couple of years, I remain convinced that (generally speaking) our most powerful beliefs have little to do with reason or logic,although both are used to rationalise all beliefs,sometimes validly,often not.
As a student of Anthropology I also remain convinced that theism and religion serve a range of functions, emotional and pragmatic. EG creating a cohesive group for mutual protection and of course social and political power,THE reason for organised religion.-and one of the greatest confidence tricks ever perpetrated on the human race:the invention of priests.
