Quote:Deism for me is just a truce between those instincts and my skeptical brain, a way for me to keep such a sense of wonder about the natural universe safely and strictly grounded in the natural.
Skip the deism and leave it at "sense of wonder" or "sense of awe", I get that. Reality does not need woo to be appreciated.
There is lots of neat stuff in the universe, both in its constructive and destructive nature and one can only be humbled by knowing our unimportance in all this. But "deism" is nothing more than watered down superstition people cling to out of some needless fear of "missing something".
The universe is a thing, not an entity. It is simply one giant un cognitive and uncaring object much like seasons don't need a cognition to change. We are simply part of one giant weather pattern. I feel lucky to be part of this cosmic ride, but in no way feel it is mysterious or magic.
