(September 15, 2019 at 10:51 pm)Inqwizitor Wrote: I think one motive for deism is an objection to the "brute fact" idea. Nature is, just because it is. The rational mind looks for the explanation for things, and is motivated by the desire for reasonable explanations.
Yes, but those reasonable explanations do not need to include the supernatural, and the position of "we don't have a reasonable explanation YET" should be acceptable. However, there seem to be many people that can't accept "yet" (basically because of insecurity/fear) so we end up with supernatural.
Eventually supernatural explanations can get excluded with time.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
