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Nigrum Cattus

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7. that is not a deist thought

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:21 PM

21 hrs ago

A deist would believe in any "god" intervention
Deism is the philosophical position and rationalistic theology that rejects prophecies, revelations, and religious texts as legitimate or reliable sources of divine knowledge, and instead asserts that empirical reason and observation of the natural world are exclusively logical, reliable, and sufficient to determine the existence of a Supreme Being as the creator of the universe. Unlike classical theism, Deism is the belief in the existence of a creator God who simply does not intervene anymore after creating the universe, solely based on rational thought and without any reliance on revealed religions or religious

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As a committed Deist, this is not how I think, rather, a hypothetical [View all] Chasstev365 Yesterday OP

I'm as Secular as one can be. multigraincracker Yesterday #1

I share your world view Chasstev365 Yesterday #2

Agree... anciano 23 hrs ago #3

Not a deist, but I believe in good and evil Easterncedar 23 hrs ago #4

Sadly, I too share that sentiment. Wuddles440 22 hrs ago #5

But we good people must keep fighting Easterncedar 22 hrs ago #6

Not a deist either, but I do believe there is slightlv 14 hrs ago #8

that is not a deist thought Nigrum Cattus 21 hrs ago #7