(August 31, 2018 at 12:47 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(August 31, 2018 at 12:42 pm)robvalue Wrote: That would mean you could be a deist and an atheist.Not really, it's just that the term atheism arose as a response primarily to theism. Historical tick of semantics.
Quote:I'm not sure where your definition comes from, but I've not seen it before. Anyhow, if you define it that way, then sure. Deism isn't theismIt comes from the difference between a deistic concept of god and a theistic concept, comparative religion/myth.
I like the deist god, and it doesn't give a shit.
Those cold, uncaring unmoved movers . . .