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Are Deists more like theists or Atheist?
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RE: Are Deists more like theists or Atheist?
May 26, 2015 at 5:24 pm
(May 26, 2015 at 2:48 am)Twisted Wrote: was Einstein a deist or an Atheist? what's the point of believing in a deist God?

As I've said elsewhere, deism is mostly atheism with poetic flourishes. 

Certainly as far as practical application goes (how we live, how we learn, where we gain our sense of morality and purpose, etc) there isn't any difference I can see. I don't even believe in an afterlife. 

The point of believing in a deist God is I get to identify with great thinkers from history who had fantastic hair. 
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Are Deists more like theists or Atheist?

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Are Deists more like theists or Atheist? - by Twisted - May 26, 2015 at 2:48 am
RE: Are Deists more like theists or Atheist? - by DeistPaladin - May 26, 2015 at 5:24 pm
RE: Are Deists more like theists or Atheist? - by comet - May 28, 2015 at 10:18 am

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