Deism is of course not atheism. Deism is like theism only with a non-personal, non-intervening God. Deism is theism without the religion. Belief in God, without the religion. Pantheism is much more like atheism because it's basically entirely metaphorical in essence, the idea that "God is everything" "God is the world" "God is nature" "God is the universe" is basically the same as saying "God is nothing". Because if he's everything then he's just a metaphor because he's also a lump of coal, a rock, a vampire bat and a dung beetle - and he's not anything EXTRA to those things (or anything else), he's not really a "He" at all. It's just metaphorical.
As Dawkins says, deism is watered-down theism, pantheism is sexed-up atheism.
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As Dawkins says, deism is watered-down theism, pantheism is sexed-up atheism.
EvF
