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Author Topic:   Poll; theist, atheist or agnostic
purpledawn
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Message 134 of 295 (339868)
08-13-2006 7:03 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Hyroglyphx
08-11-2006 2:09 PM


Deist
Deist

"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz

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purpledawn
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Message 255 of 295 (341704)
08-20-2006 7:38 AM
Reply to: Message 254 by ringo
08-20-2006 3:24 AM


Re: More updates
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Setting up arbitrary categories is just asking people which float they want to ride on.
I prefer to march to my own drummer.
I don't think they really have a label for me. I've never been good a fitting into niches.
Notice I labeled myself a Deist, since I reject the rituals of organized religion, and got put under the Theists.
The biggest problem with a poll like this is that some people expect you to always debate from your own personal position or belief.
We should be able to debate from whatever position we choose for that thread. I do think one needs to stay consistant within a thread, but in a new thread a person could choose to take the opposite stance.

"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz

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purpledawn
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Message 271 of 295 (342314)
08-22-2006 9:23 AM
Reply to: Message 263 by Phat
08-21-2006 7:40 AM


Deist
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The definition of a deist, however, strikes me as concluding that God is an accepted concept within the parameters of human wisdom and that God is not mysterious or supernatural. The fact that Deists by definition base the origin of the concept of God within the human mind gives me cause to label them outside of strict theistic belief, which would see God (gods) as independant of human thought, reasoning, or definition.
I like your conclusion.

"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz

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