RE: Why not deism?
September 19, 2019 at 12:43 pm
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2019 at 12:45 pm by LastPoet.)
(September 19, 2019 at 12:43 am)Grandizer Wrote: Apparently according to one definition, deists aren't really theists. It's a weird one.
Well, they are. If they believe in a god that's theism. Even if its an impersonal not meddling god. I refer you to the second law of thought as in:
Deists believe in a god.
Deists are not theists. Theists are the general definition of god believers of any kind.
P -> ~P
Yeah weird one. I think Avicenna was the one that said to those that defy the second law: "I shall punch you in the face and not punch you in the face to know the difference"

ETA: its like someone saying "I am an atheist and believe in god.