(February 3, 2016 at 10:44 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(February 3, 2016 at 10:40 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: I think "and worship of" is where the distinction can be made. I can believe in my fart blowing God, and perhaps love him, without any form of ritualistic worship.
Yes, but the worship coupled with the belief came first. Deism is relatively new in historical terms. It is by necessity religious in origin.
So what if it came first? That doesn't change the fact that I can still believe in something and not worship it. What if I say I believe in aliens, and I believe they abduct humans and perform experiments on them? Are you saying that by default my belief in aliens also constitutes my religion? That makes no sense.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
