One of the reasons I stopped posting here is that I have pretty much lost interest in Christianity and its ilk. Christians, Muslims, blah blah, and yada yada. I looked pretty deeply into all of them (especially Christianity, being an American) in an attempt to understand. Well… what I learned is that all of it is so obviously bullshit that my focus turned to “why do people believe this crap?” Eventually, I came to the conclusion that the answer is, simply, “Because they want to”. From that point, it all got rather dull, as ‘believers’ do not/will not listen to reason.
I digress. I’m interested in Deism. No… I don’t believe in a creator deity. I am simply curious about what desists actually believe… and why. So, without further digression, here are a few questions for the deists.
1. Do you believe in the soul? If so, what do you believe it is and why?
2. Do you, in any way other than the existence of a deity, believe in anything that could be considered supernatural or paranormal?
3. The creator deity, ‘God’ if you will, is the “first cause”… or “He who Banged Big”, if I understand correctly. So… where did it stop? What did God create? (The universe? Space-time? Earth? Man?, etc) For example, did God cause the Big Bang and then conduct (like an orchestra) the formation of the universe? Or… what?
4. Is God still… out there? If so, does it pay any attention to what it wrought? If not… what do you think it’s doing? If so… elaborate?
5. Does God know we exist? Does it care?
6. Is God the only one of its kind?
7. Why do you believe, if there were a ‘first cause’, that it must be an intelligence?
8. Do you believe that it created with intent? Or did a ‘being’ that existed before everything else… suddenly sneeze?
That’s enough for now. I have no doubt that your answers will raise further questions.
I digress. I’m interested in Deism. No… I don’t believe in a creator deity. I am simply curious about what desists actually believe… and why. So, without further digression, here are a few questions for the deists.
1. Do you believe in the soul? If so, what do you believe it is and why?
2. Do you, in any way other than the existence of a deity, believe in anything that could be considered supernatural or paranormal?
3. The creator deity, ‘God’ if you will, is the “first cause”… or “He who Banged Big”, if I understand correctly. So… where did it stop? What did God create? (The universe? Space-time? Earth? Man?, etc) For example, did God cause the Big Bang and then conduct (like an orchestra) the formation of the universe? Or… what?
4. Is God still… out there? If so, does it pay any attention to what it wrought? If not… what do you think it’s doing? If so… elaborate?
5. Does God know we exist? Does it care?
6. Is God the only one of its kind?
7. Why do you believe, if there were a ‘first cause’, that it must be an intelligence?
8. Do you believe that it created with intent? Or did a ‘being’ that existed before everything else… suddenly sneeze?
That’s enough for now. I have no doubt that your answers will raise further questions.
