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Author Topic:   Percy is a Deist - Now what's the difference between a deist and an atheist?
Nighttrain
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Message 6 of 375 (498353)
02-09-2009 9:22 PM


Ath vs Dei
An atheist looks at religion and sees nothing but unfulfilled claims, dodgy texts, failure to uphold tenets, and a bloody history. He/she/it considers the workings of this world as bacteria-based, random, malevolent, with no safeguards but personal and societal efforts. He believes (:-)) the only way out of our mess is to do the work ourselves, e.g. science.
Deists believe in an unknowable god, but don`t know how they thought that.
Agnostics straddle the fence waiting for that final confirming piece of evidence to make up their minds. No matter how small. Or how distant.
'It`s hot'
'Jump in the water'
'It might be shark-infested'
'It`s a lake'
'Sharks are found in lakes'
'It`s fresh water'
'There are freshwater sharks'
'In Central Australia?'
'They found fossils'
'..............'
'..............'
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Edited by Nighttrain, : dropped an 's'

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