(February 10, 2016 at 9:06 am)Jehanne Wrote: Dawkins, in his The God Delusion, called deism "sexed-up atheism"; is the future of religion, all religions, just "fill-in-the-blank" atheism? Kind of reminds me of that South Park episode.
Is Deism actually on the rise?
I remember hearing about a bunch of prominent Deists from several hundred years ago, but not so much now. It seemed to fill the role of answering unanswerable questions without paying credence to any of the world's religions. Now that we have science to start filling those gaps in our knowledge, the need for a creator-god to explain these things gets smaller and smaller.
What other use is there for believing in a non-personal god that doesn't care about us? At least the personal god-claims give the believer a sense of security, love, and/or importance.
