RE: whats your opinion of Deism?
January 9, 2011 at 3:04 pm
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2011 at 4:05 pm by GANIMEDE.)
One of the main issues with Theism is anthropomorphism and anthropocentrism. The belief is the existance of a Humanoid Prime Mover or "Prime Architect".
Deism proclaims to be "nature oriented"; believeing in a sort of "Natural Prime Actor". Here exists the same anthropocentric problem: Deisms implications are, (like Theism), for the existance of a naturally occurring "Heavenly Father", placing humankind, (as with Theism), in a special and deliberate "chosen position" as "children of a Mega-Creator". I patently reject this view of the Universe because I feel that it sells the Universe short.
As an Atheist, I stand in absolute awe of the mysteries of Nature and the vastness and complexity of Space-Time. I am not about to conjure up some primitive fairytale that it was all created and designed by some giant, all-powerfull humanoid figure. I prefere to keep my mind and eyes open and see life as a process of continual re-creation, and not a world with a "Beginning and End". I have NO fear of death, as do many "Believers". The belief in a "Father-Creator", (regardless of how natural), implies the need to follow HIS RULES. In short: The belief in the existance of a humanoid creator, who created "Time-Space" by uttering a few words, is the first step to maketing human fear and ignorance for profit and selling tickets to "Heaven" for a high price! . . . . (And can U imagine such a bored creator sitting around outside of Time ?)
I believe it is important to continue to educate humanity about science and encourage them to take a scientific attitude toward human suffering and death. (Doctors and science offer better treatment). Both desease and death have natural causes and must never be seen as PUNISHMENT FOR SINFULLNESS. Furthermore: DEATH is a natural part of life and never anything to be in fear of, nor is death the opposite of life: Death is an integral part of the creative and re-creative process which we call "The Universe". Respect it. Do not sell it short with fairytales, regardless of how comforting you may find them.
The belief in a "Humanoid-Father-Creator" is the first step in the concept of "SIN"; a concept which has been used to subdue, humiliate and opress the human psyche for centuries.
I say: Stand in awe of the Universe. Learn to appreciate it mysteries, and waste no time ascribing to it a "Beginning and End" to a fairytale "Prime Mover" wether it be a "natural occurring deity" or a "miraculously appearing spirit"; it is all the same rubbish . . . . . Let it go.
Deism proclaims to be "nature oriented"; believeing in a sort of "Natural Prime Actor". Here exists the same anthropocentric problem: Deisms implications are, (like Theism), for the existance of a naturally occurring "Heavenly Father", placing humankind, (as with Theism), in a special and deliberate "chosen position" as "children of a Mega-Creator". I patently reject this view of the Universe because I feel that it sells the Universe short.
As an Atheist, I stand in absolute awe of the mysteries of Nature and the vastness and complexity of Space-Time. I am not about to conjure up some primitive fairytale that it was all created and designed by some giant, all-powerfull humanoid figure. I prefere to keep my mind and eyes open and see life as a process of continual re-creation, and not a world with a "Beginning and End". I have NO fear of death, as do many "Believers". The belief in a "Father-Creator", (regardless of how natural), implies the need to follow HIS RULES. In short: The belief in the existance of a humanoid creator, who created "Time-Space" by uttering a few words, is the first step to maketing human fear and ignorance for profit and selling tickets to "Heaven" for a high price! . . . . (And can U imagine such a bored creator sitting around outside of Time ?)
I believe it is important to continue to educate humanity about science and encourage them to take a scientific attitude toward human suffering and death. (Doctors and science offer better treatment). Both desease and death have natural causes and must never be seen as PUNISHMENT FOR SINFULLNESS. Furthermore: DEATH is a natural part of life and never anything to be in fear of, nor is death the opposite of life: Death is an integral part of the creative and re-creative process which we call "The Universe". Respect it. Do not sell it short with fairytales, regardless of how comforting you may find them.
The belief in a "Humanoid-Father-Creator" is the first step in the concept of "SIN"; a concept which has been used to subdue, humiliate and opress the human psyche for centuries.
I say: Stand in awe of the Universe. Learn to appreciate it mysteries, and waste no time ascribing to it a "Beginning and End" to a fairytale "Prime Mover" wether it be a "natural occurring deity" or a "miraculously appearing spirit"; it is all the same rubbish . . . . . Let it go.
The existance of a "God" is a moral impossibility.
