RE: Questions for Deists
June 24, 2011 at 3:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2011 at 3:53 pm by Darth.)
I'll answer, though I know longer hold those beliefs, (Pandeism) (For the sake of simplicity I shall leave it at that for now, I did make another thread that examines the different types http://atheistforums.org/thread-7343.html and where cj and dp also answered a couple of these (Though certainly not all))
1.No I didn't. I did see the potential for life after death, but only in that if my knowledge became the deities knowledge, I was in some way existing.
2. Saw a ghost a few years back that scared me absolutely shitless (sleep paralysis). Aside from a sleepless night or two no I didn't.
Lets not call it 'God' yeah? The deistic god is no Yahweh the Malevolent.
3. Well the god I believed in didn't orchestrate it once it had started, it was in no position to be able to.
4. Pandeists believe that the deity created the universe, by becoming the universe. Some propose suicide, some propose a learning experience. Was agnostic about it myself. Believed both at different points.
5. Care about people as individuals? Some 'learning expieriencists' might claim that not initially no, learning that was sorta part of the whole point.
6. I think a more accurate description of deism is "at least one god created the universe" rather than "One god created...". You wont find many deists who claim one and only one, not in my experience anyway.
7. Yup, cosmic anthropic principle.
8. Always enjoyed what i call 'accidental deism'. Sorta pointless idea though imo.
1.No I didn't. I did see the potential for life after death, but only in that if my knowledge became the deities knowledge, I was in some way existing.
2. Saw a ghost a few years back that scared me absolutely shitless (sleep paralysis). Aside from a sleepless night or two no I didn't.
Lets not call it 'God' yeah? The deistic god is no Yahweh the Malevolent.
3. Well the god I believed in didn't orchestrate it once it had started, it was in no position to be able to.
4. Pandeists believe that the deity created the universe, by becoming the universe. Some propose suicide, some propose a learning experience. Was agnostic about it myself. Believed both at different points.
5. Care about people as individuals? Some 'learning expieriencists' might claim that not initially no, learning that was sorta part of the whole point.
6. I think a more accurate description of deism is "at least one god created the universe" rather than "One god created...". You wont find many deists who claim one and only one, not in my experience anyway.
7. Yup, cosmic anthropic principle.
8. Always enjoyed what i call 'accidental deism'. Sorta pointless idea though imo.
