deism

This thread's about a defense of theism/deism, that might include, apart from more general objective reasons, subjective reasons as well. Since personal subjective ideas might be discussed here, I'll request other posters to be considerate/respectful in how they present any criticism they might...

If you are an atheist who is not sure whether or not there is a DEITY then you think it is possible for some form of God to exist even though you reject all the constructs currently available to humanity. If you also reject that final GAP for some sort of god.....what reasoning made you do so...

checkmite's comments on deism here led me to start a new thread to discuss this question. I was once a fundamentalist Christian. I am now an atheist. I didn't really run into the concept of deism until well after I became an atheist, and to me, honestly, it seems like "atheism for theists"...

Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned: yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To...

:D Hey Stupid, It’s Deism, not Atheism People who label themselves atheists are simply stupid, insecure, and lost little sheep following the teachings of greedy con artists and disinformation agents like Richard Dawkins, currently the world’s most notorious atheist...

There is no disagreement science cannot look for gods that exist outside of the Universe so we can dismiss that issue up front. I propose looking at the problem of testing for gods in a different way. I'm having a unsatisfying discussion with one person on the SWIFT blog so I thought I'd open...

Let us assume there is a "god". Here are some obvious follow up questions: 1. Why assume one "god" as creator of the universe? 2. From whence came this "god"? 3. If "god" created everything, then did "god" create itself? Inquiring minds want to know. Of course, this all assumes that such a...

It's of a great regret that I have never seen Dawkins debate a renowned Deist (Yet I know not if there is one) or even a deist sympathiser. For me, a God that cares for humanity and has a traditional 'mind of God' seems highly unlikely. But would it make much sense for me to call myself an...

With all due respect to those who don't think there are any "strong" arguments for theism, I would prefer that you don't fill up this thread just to say that you don't think there are any. We can just assume that if you don't post here, you probably don't think that there are any. Feel free to...

I know there's at least one Deist on the board. Hopefully there are more - or this'll be a short thread. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism I stand as pretty much a 'pre-inflationary-period-agnostic.' We have no data, so it's not possible to make a really scientific, rational guess. Using the...

Apart from Franko, are there, or have there ever been any other logical deists? Did he originate it or get it from somewhere?

I've seen it mentioned a number of times in threads that usually degenerate into screaming matches through which I'm unwilling to wade. Can anyone who isn't Franko or one of his clones BRIEFLY explain it to me?

There is no evidence that a God was the "first cause", or even that a God is necessary for the first cause. It seems just as likely as saying the Elves of the Iron Goatee "did it". I'm saying that atheism is more rational than deism. I have nothing further to say... I am interested to see...

What's logical about Logical Deism? It makes absolutely no sense that there is any logic involved with belief in a god.