(December 15, 2012 at 1:44 pm)SpecUVdust Wrote: My only point is there are many ways one can "find" purpose in/for life. Many theories that can be formulated based on observing nature. But how does one come to deism as a possibility? Where did that theory come from? From observations?
If I could strip it right back and talk basics, then I'd say the order of the things that make the universe function lead me to think there's something behind it all. E.g. the maths/physics I have to learn for my engineering degree blow me away. Such elegance and beauty is behind the mechanisms of the universe.
Quote:No, it came from imagination, bro. I'm just advising that you weigh all the reasons for your thoughts on deism being some sort of "answer."
I'm either on the right track of finding the truth or I have found a purely philosophical world view that I think is rational. I don't know which one it is.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
