It basically comes down to whether you define an atheist as someone who just isn't religious or as someone who doesn't believe there's a god. I go with the former personally, I class agnostics and deists as atheists due to them not being part of a religion
As for the point of believing in a deist god, I think deists have the same want to believe in an all powerful governing force in the universe, which is an understandable thing to want to believe, but they find the idea of people knowing what god thinks, looks like, wants us to do with our genitals etc. ridiculous
As for the point of believing in a deist god, I think deists have the same want to believe in an all powerful governing force in the universe, which is an understandable thing to want to believe, but they find the idea of people knowing what god thinks, looks like, wants us to do with our genitals etc. ridiculous
“The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought. And when you suspend your individual beauty you also give up a lot of your humanity. You will do things in the name of a group that you would never do on your own. Injuring, hurting, killing, drinking are all part of it, because you've lost your identity, because you now owe your allegiance to this thing that's bigger than you are and that controls you.” - George Carlin
