(April 22, 2015 at 10:40 am)Dystopia Wrote: My girlfriend is a deist and I think it's cool as long as the person doesn't make extraordinary claims.I don't know if you know that. Do I? I don't know.
My girlfriend basically says that it's not possible to prove there is a god so she can't claim to know for a fact, but since we still know little about ourselves and the universe it's reasonable to speculate on the possibility without falling into absurd notions just like it is decent to speculate if aliens or extraterrestrial beings exist. I don't think this is wrong, I don't agree with the sentiment but I if critical thinking leads people to deism so be it. Some deists don't even believe in the afterlife anyway. Anything is better than a fundamentalist pure agnostic
(April 22, 2015 at 11:57 am)DeistPaladin Wrote:(April 22, 2015 at 9:35 am)robvalue Wrote: Yeah, if it was deism like you guys do it, that'd be fine with me.
Fair enough and one's take on something is important to consider. Once you depart from scripture, an interpretation on what exactly a free thought "ism" means is up for grabs to some extent.
My wife is an atheist who believes in ghosts. I'm a deist who doesn't believe in the supernatural, including an afterlife. One could exist for all I know but I lack a belief in such things. You'd probably be happier in a relationship with a female analog of me.
Rob and Paladin sitting in a tree..
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
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