RE: God's Love
June 15, 2020 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: June 15, 2020 at 4:38 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 15, 2020 at 4:20 pm)UtilitarianDeist Wrote:(June 14, 2020 at 5:39 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: Well, now we know you are not a deist.
I am a deist.
Maybe you don't know what the definition of deism is, then.
Your post numbers 394 and 396 on this thread, would define you as a theist. The fact that you don't claim to have a religion, does not mean you are a deist.
Deism - Belief in a god who created the universe but does not govern worldly events, does not answer prayers, and has no direct involvement in human affairs.
But you seem to be describing a god that does intervene with regards to love and morality, and in your post just above this one, the god you claim exists "causes people to do everything. Rapists and murders are caused to be rapists and murders and non-rapists and non-murderers are caused to be non-rapists and non-murders. Everything is caused and God is the causer".
This is no deist god you are describing.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
