I've been doing some thinking about deism recently, and I've come to the conclusion that deists are atheists in denial. When it comes to the non-descript god of deists it seems to me to be an unfalsifiable hypothesis. Generally an unfalsifiable hypothesis is called such because there really is no way to present evidence against it, because of its enigmous nature, therefore, it is illogical to stand by it as a conclusion, because at the same time, there isn't any evidence in support of the idea either. So the fact that people still adhere to a belief in god even after separating themselves from religion raises the question: why?
I believe it is a demonstration of anti-atheist views throughout our culture. Deists, and pantheists or agnostics for that matter, are trying, even after realising that they don't belong within the ranks of religion, desperately to be anything but an atheist.
That's just my idea; what do you guys think?
I believe it is a demonstration of anti-atheist views throughout our culture. Deists, and pantheists or agnostics for that matter, are trying, even after realising that they don't belong within the ranks of religion, desperately to be anything but an atheist.
That's just my idea; what do you guys think?
