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Deism
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Deism
(June 6, 2014 at 1:20 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:
(June 6, 2014 at 11:42 am)beamo1080 Wrote: But at that point, why even call it god?

Because of what I wrote:
Quote:...I observe the universe and I see a grand machine. I reflect on the development of human evolution, including not just the enlarging cranial capacity but all the other things that came together which made our civilization possible, and I see intent.

The philosophical distinction with atheism is whether or not there's anything at the wheel of this car. Maybe I'm wrong and we hit the cosmic lottery. I think one indication might be once we venture out there if we find much in the way of intelligent life and other civilizations. For the deist model to hold, I would expect we'd find we're not the only petri dish in God's lab. If it is just us, the cosmic lottery looks like a stronger explanation.

By the way, I often use the petri dish analogy to communicate what I think is a more believable scenario where God exists. I joke about the two bacteria cells talking to each other and one says, "let me tell you about the personal relationship I have with The Great Labcoat in the sky."

This reminds me of some of my previous deist/borderline pantheist beliefs. Many historical western religious traditions assumed it was blasphemous to claim to know anything about the nature of God by methods other than negative ascription.
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Messages In This Thread
Deism - by beamo1080 - June 6, 2014 at 2:17 am
RE: Deism - by Minimalist - June 6, 2014 at 2:25 am
RE: Deism - by beamo1080 - June 6, 2014 at 2:35 am
Deism - by Rampant.A.I. - June 6, 2014 at 2:48 am
RE: Deism - by Napoléon - June 6, 2014 at 8:56 am
RE: Deism - by JesusHChrist - June 6, 2014 at 9:56 am
RE: Deism - by ThePinsir - June 6, 2014 at 10:30 am
RE: Deism - by DeistPaladin - June 6, 2014 at 10:31 am
RE: Deism - by beamo1080 - June 6, 2014 at 11:42 am
RE: Deism - by DeistPaladin - June 6, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Deism - by Napoléon - June 6, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: Deism - by DeistPaladin - June 6, 2014 at 1:31 pm
RE: Deism - by Napoléon - June 6, 2014 at 1:38 pm
RE: Deism - by DeistPaladin - June 7, 2014 at 1:38 am
RE: Deism - by Minimalist - June 6, 2014 at 1:32 pm
RE: Deism - by DeistPaladin - June 6, 2014 at 2:13 pm
RE: Deism - by Confused Ape - June 6, 2014 at 3:19 pm
RE: Deism - by Brian37 - June 6, 2014 at 2:10 pm
RE: Deism - by JesusHChrist - June 6, 2014 at 2:20 pm
RE: Deism - by Brian37 - June 6, 2014 at 2:30 pm
RE: Deism - by JesusHChrist - June 6, 2014 at 3:29 pm
RE: Deism - by Brian37 - June 7, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: Deism - by beamo1080 - June 6, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Deism - by Rampant.A.I. - June 7, 2014 at 12:17 am
Deism - by Rampant.A.I. - June 7, 2014 at 2:57 am
RE: Deism - by Napoléon - June 7, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: Deism - by Brian37 - June 7, 2014 at 11:22 am
RE: Deism - by Autumnlicious - June 7, 2014 at 1:37 pm



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