(May 22, 2011 at 6:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Deists seem to think of 'god' as sort of a human appendix. It's there....it serves no useful purpose...and sometimes it causes a hell of a lot of trouble.
If I may offer an alternate metaphor, atheism and deism are like America and Britain. Both are free societies (we might debate my own country's status in that regard but that's another issue) and occasionally work together against dictatorships where necessary but one keeps a monarchy. The monarch doesn't interfere in the daily running of the country and is largely there for pomp and circumstance. The other has decided that a monarchy serves no purpose and functions well without one.
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
