Too many filthy men of religion around again
2007-01-22 00:59:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
While Deism doesn't carry the intellectual dishonesty or questionable ethical baggage that most religions do, it still is a "God of the Gaps" philosophy.
Scientific materialism cannot fill in those gaps, and likely never will (since every new discovery opens more questions). But any time you assert there was a God responsible for a phenomenon, you are cutting off the search for the natural cause of that same phenomenon.
2007-01-22 01:04:51 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It never died. Nowadays it might be called "philosophical theism." It's actually the predominant theology in mainline Protestantism, via process theology. It was always strong among Unitarians as well.
2007-01-22 01:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I loved Thomas Paine
2007-01-23 05:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Story teller 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be a step in the right direction. I can accept belief in deities but not in a load of meaningless religious dogma.
2007-01-22 01:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
go for it
2007-01-22 01:03:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋