I might be realizing I'm a deist

@sonhouse said
@SecondSon
sure,only two going right now.

Great. I'll toss a coin to see who goes first. 😜

@secondson said
You'd be surprised by how much doesn't.

That reminds me. What's an asshat? I mean, I heard you call someone that, and I'm wondering what it means.

You can bet it is not a compliment.

@sonhouse said
You can bet it is not a compliment.

I assumed it meant their head was firmly planted up a particular orifices.
Not a term I'm familiar with either. 🙂

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Kind of like you then, eh😉

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Odd that after living in North America for over sixty years I heard it from you for the first time.

How about that term "outbackers"? Besides it's obvious use by you to belittle Americans, what does that mean?

Seems to me America is out in front of you and Europe is outback of you.

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Deflection.

I've lived all over North America and I've never heard anyone say asshat.

That reminds me. I meant to ask, why do you keep harassing me about calling you an a-hole when you called another an asshat, which according to you definition is a more refined version of a-hole.

Isn't that being hypocritical seeing how much grief you've given me about it when you do the same thing?

@fmf said
While the universe and human nature might be evidence of creation, I see no convincing "revelation" yet to the human race i.e. communication of any instructions from a creator being.

I doubt I will ever believe in an afterlife again [though one should never say never]. I really don't see why it should follow on as if automatically from the idea of being created as it does in so many religions.

Deism would not 'require' that of me.

So, anyhow, it remains to be seen.

Why then would it matter?

In other words, how would being a deist change your life?

@whodey said
Why then would it matter?

In other words, how would being a deist change your life?

How I live my life? It wouldn't.

But the interesting question of where did we come from would be taken care of.

@fmf said
How I live my life? It wouldn't.

But the interesting question of where did we come from would be taken care of.

Why does it matter where we come from? Have you examined this need of yours that the question of origins be “taken care of”? That is really much more interesting than any putative answer.

@moonbus said
Why does it matter where we come from? Have you examined this need of yours that the question of origins be “taken care of”? That is really much more interesting than any putative answer.

Well, actually, my stance is that, without there being any instructions or threats or promises from a creator being, a.k.a. "revelation", it does not really matter "where we come from" [except that it's interesting following the efforts of Science to figure it out].

And the sense in which the question is "taken care of" is from the point of view of discussing it with theists who have turned their speculations and aspirations regarding this matter into religions. "God did it" fills the gap; that leaves their [manmade] ideology [and mine, of course] to discuss.