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"But what about the moderates?"
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RE: "But what about the moderates?"
November 25, 2014 at 5:08 pm (This post was last modified: November 25, 2014 at 5:11 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(November 25, 2014 at 3:42 pm)TreeSapNest Wrote: <struggles to understand how deism isn't also "magical thinking and credence to beliefs about sky daddies">

Well, partly there's the practical application as Min alluded to. As far as how I live my life, evaluate morality, derive meaning, etc. nothing would change if I were to shift to atheism. It's basically atheism with poetic flourishes.

For me, it's a compromise between my skeptical brain and lofty sentiments about nature and the human potential, a way to have such spirituality yet keep it all grounded in the natural universe. Luckily for me, the natural universe provides a far greater sense of wonder than anything in the Bible or other "sacred" texts. God for deists is less a personal sky-daddy and more the mysterious X-factor behind the natural order as well as all that came together in our evolution that enabled us to have this advanced civilization.

Most atheists I've spoken with have the same sense of wonder about the natural universe as well as the same hope for human civilization. They just don't need the word "God".

EDIT TO ADD: Deists couldn't advocate cruel traditions that "purify" one in the afterlife or acts of violence to "save souls". Most of us don't believe in an afterlife (I don't). Those who do have only fuzzy concepts of it.
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"But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 27, 2014 at 11:08 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 27, 2014 at 12:03 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 30, 2014 at 8:53 am
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 30, 2014 at 10:53 am
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