I ask because, for the most part, it seems to fit in pretty well with my beliefs. I will therefore also ask if there are any deists here at Yahoo answers. And if so, do you attend religious services? Or is your spiritual life fairly individualistic? To me, it seems that most deists would have a personal spiritual life as opposed to attending regular services. That's just based on what I have read about them, anyway.
Also, do Deists tend to believe in an afterlife?
2006-12-28 17:22:05 · 14 answers · asked by I'm Still Here 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is a Higher Power.
We are all created equally with freedom of choice. (by a supreme intelligence).
Religion puts limits on both people and a God. (confinement is unnecessary).
Science does not explain everything and is always discovering new things, that sometimes disprove previous scientific conclusions. (There must be a Creative Source)
An afterlife is possible, the energy source that created us, most likely included a soul or spiritual aspect to our human form that will be conscious in some way after death.
We don't know everything....we all agree to disagree....but we know that we can't explain everything, and we don't assume that anyone else can either.
Peace!
2006-12-28 17:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Deism is a dieing breed. Deism was once the choice of intellectuals until Darwin and other scientific advances happened. Most of the people who were Deist back in the day would now be atheists. Also, many who were/are deists now are really atheists, but afraid to tell anyone because atheists have been demonized by the clergy.
You can be a "spiritual" atheist. If you define spiritual as having a deep awe for the universe and nature.
"Also, do Deists tend to believe in an afterlife?"
Deism doesn't have a holy book or doctrine of any kind. I would say that some deists believe in an afterlife just out of wishful thinking.
2006-12-29 01:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by AiW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a Deist before I converted to Catholicism. No, there were no religious services. As a Deist, I did believe in an afterlife, as did Thomas Paine, who wrote in 'The Age of Reason', "I hope for happiness beyond this life."
2006-12-29 01:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deists are those that believe in an impersonal creator god that set the laws of nature in motion, then walked away.
That is the most often used definition - however, there are those that reject organized religion but believe in a personal god. While they don't fit exactly into that more narrow definition of deism, they too consider themselves deists.
Most seem to not believe in an afterlife, and many disbelieve in most of the supernatural, but I imagine that varies.
Deists reject organized religion.
My first opinion is that deism has a superfluous belief. It thinks scientifically up to the point of the origin of the universe, then puts in "goddidit" all of a sudden.
I see no reason to believe in a creator god until there is evidence for one - especially an impersonal one who doesn't know you exist, let alone one who cares if you believe it exists.
My second opinion is that without any frame of reference, whether scientific or religious, a deist tends to make up the concept of god as he or she goes along, causing it to fit into whatever gaps of knowledge there might be. Also seemingly superfluous to me.
2006-12-29 01:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many deists do not believe in after lives and many do.
Deists wouldn't normally attend a religious service of any kind. That would be a religion.
Some of our founding fathers were deists.
I'm not, but its okay by me. Actually, it makes a lot of sense to me. I'm still not a deist.
--Atheist
;-)
2006-12-29 01:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by A 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Deism as in the belief of a God/s that has not been revealed to the world through any currently discovered religions? I think that is for the most part a good place to classify me as well, as I am still researching many religions, however I believe that a pre-existing religion may be true, however I am just not sure which it is. So I think that is called being agnostic, but I am not entirel;y sure. I do indeed believe in a higher power, however it may or may not have been discovered in known religion.
2006-12-29 04:22:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, deism is a big vague, although I think they generally do not believe in an afterlife. I fail to see how deism is functionally different from atheism. My answer to deism is "why bother", but I've got nothing against them.
2006-12-29 01:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a phase I went through after I rejected Christianity and their concept of "bible god", but I eventually realized that there is no god at all. I don't have a problem with deists, it is a harmless belief.
2006-12-29 01:25:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your beliefs are yours. You are your beliefs.
As a Christian, I believe the Christian bible to be God's words as spoken through the bible. This is my revelation and Deism is not found there.
Deism has a lot of references, just do a search for "Deism".
2006-12-29 01:26:22 · answer #9 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
deism believes in afterlife.
just not a partucular GOD.
can't escape the morals factor---
can't escape living right....doing right.
still a change of heart--------serving a GOD------
whether you know what God or not.
2006-12-29 01:32:39 · answer #10 · answered by cork 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋