I've often wondered, "why deism?" I mean, a god which never, ever interacts with the universe is very much the same as a nonexistent god. And since there's no evidence that this being exists, there's no reason to believe it exists. It's not even like deists claim to have some "personal revelation" or interaction with this deity like Christians do, it's just kind of "there."
I believe that most deists are probably deists because they don't accept the bullshit claims of theists, but yet they hold onto a belief in a god because of traditional, familial, or societal reasons. I could be wrong about this, though. I'd need actual deists to explain to me exactly what they believe.
In all, though, I'd rather hang around deists with the idea of an impersonal, hands-off type of god than the Christians with their hairy thunderer "vengeance is mine" type god.
I believe that most deists are probably deists because they don't accept the bullshit claims of theists, but yet they hold onto a belief in a god because of traditional, familial, or societal reasons. I could be wrong about this, though. I'd need actual deists to explain to me exactly what they believe.
In all, though, I'd rather hang around deists with the idea of an impersonal, hands-off type of god than the Christians with their hairy thunderer "vengeance is mine" type god.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
