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A question for Anti-Theists
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RE: A question for Anti-Theists
(June 30, 2014 at 9:43 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
(June 30, 2014 at 9:42 am)blackout94 Wrote: Well you can believe that a god exists and not follow any religion, a lot of young people have quit the superstition of religion but still have some kind of belief. As far as I know, there is nothing stopping you, you can believe in a higher force and not follow any specific religion, no dogmas, it sounds better than religion anyway.

How is that different from a deist?

If I'm not mistaken, a theist believes in a god that is in constant touch with the universe, a being that has omnipresence, omnipotence, all of those characteristics... A deist believes in a creator that abstains from controlling the world. In a sense, a theist believes god created the universe and is constantly shaping it (eg natural phenomenons) while a deist merely believes a god created the events (eg big bang) to make our universe come into existence but abstained from intervening further more. The theist god is shaping the universe as we speak, the deist god is just looking, for some deists god even caused the big bag explosion and ceased to exist, for others god caused the universe and then mixed, fused himself with it and became the universe himself. I hope this helped
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A question for Anti-Theists - by Broseph Ballin - June 27, 2014 at 12:57 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 27, 2014 at 1:15 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Jenny A - June 27, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Simon Moon - June 27, 2014 at 1:47 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Broseph Ballin - June 27, 2014 at 2:03 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Ravenshire - June 27, 2014 at 1:56 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 27, 2014 at 7:33 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Broseph Ballin - June 27, 2014 at 8:05 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Chad32 - June 27, 2014 at 8:12 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by JesusHChrist - June 27, 2014 at 9:40 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 27, 2014 at 9:58 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 29, 2014 at 9:43 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 29, 2014 at 10:02 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 29, 2014 at 10:24 pm
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 9:02 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 9:26 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 9:36 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by FatAndFaithless - June 30, 2014 at 9:37 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 9:42 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by FatAndFaithless - June 30, 2014 at 9:43 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Chad32 - June 30, 2014 at 9:55 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by FatAndFaithless - June 30, 2014 at 9:58 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 10:02 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by FatAndFaithless - June 30, 2014 at 10:04 am
A question for Anti-Theists - by Bibliofagus - June 30, 2014 at 9:34 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 9:44 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 10:09 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by FatAndFaithless - June 30, 2014 at 10:52 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 10:47 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 11:01 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by FatAndFaithless - June 30, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 11:14 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 11:39 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 11:46 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 11:48 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Dystopia - June 30, 2014 at 11:50 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by The Grand Nudger - June 30, 2014 at 11:54 am
RE: A question for Anti-Theists - by Bibliofagus - June 30, 2014 at 12:50 pm

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