(August 8, 2014 at 1:51 am)ignoramus Wrote: Is deism just another example of filling in the gaps?I'd say it's a bit of both
If/when we work out the a biogenesis issue, will deists say: cool, now I don't have to worry about any superior conscious beings anymore.
Or has it more to do with coming to terms with believing in intelligent design without or the morality bullshit.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you