Vestiges for Peter B.

--Selective are we? A more reasonable and full definition for a time like this, and more widely used terminology for the word:

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The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation. -Emphesis Mine

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Originally posted by TrueCreation:
--Selective are we? A more reasonable and full definition for a time like this, and more widely used terminology for the word:

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The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation. -Emphesis Mine

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That's what what my dictionary said. Their belief is basically, "God doesn't live here anymore."

Deism is the notion that God created/set the universe in motion at the begining and then let 'er rip.

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Originally posted by schrafinator:
Deism is the notion that God created/set the universe in motion at the begining and then let 'er rip.

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Exactly what I had said.

"Exactly what I had said."
--I may have misinterpreted your saying that 'God doesn't live here anymore'. Though Deism does not imply that God no longer exists or lives in this universe, but that he assumes no control over its continued existence.------------------