Deism for non-believers

[Brian37]

Hawkins has said a god is not required. An

Which to you makes more sense?

Allah is a real god?

Or, humans made him up and marketed him?

Vishnu is a real god?

Or, humans made him up and marketed it?

The god of Jesus is a real god?

Or, humans made him up?

The Egyptian sun god is real?

Or humans made him up?

Claiming a generic entity with no name or organized religion still is claiming a thinking entity with no material in as a cause. It is still as much of a gap answer as those above.

The bottom line is that nature and the universe do not need a god, nor are they a god themselves. The universe is merely a thing, like an on going weather pattern that constantly changes moves.

The problem with both theism and deism is that it assumes all this was invented, not manifested.

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Three books you should read.

1. The God Delusion, By Richard Dawkins. He explains our desire, wishful thinking, as basically the moth mistaking the light bulb for the moonlight.

2. The New Atheism, By Victor Stinger, also goes into why god is not needed and is a mere sugar pill.

3. Why people believe weird things, By Michael Shermer(one I need to get myself)