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In reply to the discussion: Deism. What it is, and what it is not. [View all]Voltaire2
(14,891 posts)223. It was his choir insult. It should be on the list.
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'The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries
elleng
May 2018
#1
Actually the term "atheist" was used by Greeks and Romans to refer to early Christians.
malchickiwick
May 2018
#52
The term was also used differently in the 17th and 18th centuries by freethinkers
Major Nikon
May 2018
#53
I agree with the American Friends that each person has a fragment of the divine.
guillaumeb
May 2018
#66
Sorry I didn't mention it before, but thanks for utterly disproving your argument
Major Nikon
May 2018
#124
I'm sure at this point he would love nothing more than to see this thread fall off the first page.
trotsky
May 2018
#228
Funny how you pretend to want to engage in dialog after injecting yet more strawman into it
Major Nikon
May 2018
#150
That's why I'm an atheist, it's much less complicated than the religious contortions.
procon
May 2018
#60
Funny how you always say that when you've been busted contradicting yourself
Major Nikon
May 2018
#126
Now, here we have the crux of the matter. Both recognize a supreme being but
PatrickforO
May 2018
#105
So in your view, what does a deist believe that's different from your belief?
Major Nikon
May 2018
#180
According to the definitions provided here, the deist believes there is a God,
PatrickforO
May 2018
#199
You yourself bolded "a noninterventionist creator". Are you saying that's an oxymoron
muriel_volestrangler
May 2018
#200
So pointing out that your source contradicts your thesis is a violation of your rules?
Voltaire2
May 2018
#222
So you go to a conservative christian site for absolute definition on religious matters
Lordquinton
May 2018
#97