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Are Deists more like theists or Atheist?
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RE: Are Deists more like theists or Atheist?
May 27, 2015 at 12:33 pm
(May 27, 2015 at 9:33 am)comet Wrote:
(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?

Einstein knew what he didn't know.  By definition is would be an atheist. ...

Yes.  That is why I characterized him as a weak atheist in post 8.

Really, I think people make too much of what famous people believed.  If he had believed in the ancient Greek pantheon (Zeus et al.), would that get anyone to start worshiping them?  What difference would it make?

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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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 Pyrrho - May 27, 2015 at 12:33 pm
RE: Are Deists more like theists or Atheist? - by comet - May 28, 2015 at 10:18 am

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