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In one breath you said that you are very liberal, then you contradicted yourself by recanting the first to say you are moderate, which are you?
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Deism is not a specific religion but rather a particular perspective on the nature of God. Deists believe that a creator god does exist, but that after the motions of the universe were set in place he retreated, having no further interaction with the created universe or the beings within it. As such, there are a variety of common religious beliefs that deists do not accept.
No Need for Worship:
Because the deist god is entirely removed from involvement, he has neither need nor want of worship.
-So God is not a hands on God, he is not intrically involved in our lives. He set the order of things and retired from humanity.
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Deism is not a specific religion but rather a particular perspective on the nature of God. Deists believe that a creator god does exist, but that after the motions of the universe were set in place he retreated, having no further interaction with the created universe or the beings within it. As such, there are a variety of common religious beliefs that deists do not accept.
No Need for Worship:
Because the deist god is entirely removed from involvement, he has neither need nor want of worship.
-So God is not a hands on God, he is not intrically involved in our lives. He set the order of things and retired from humanity.
I'm curious; Do you have , then, no faith in a supernatural Deity? And yet, have belief in an existence of a supreme being who does not intervene in the universe? As you stated in your Deism position? What do you mean by "unable to empathize?" You say you believe in God , but illuminate who God is to you.....What would you like to gain from the CC experience?
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There are all sorts of different Deists.
One aspect of Deism is but a part of my faith (I am not a Deist and nothing else).
I incline to the view that God would not practice blanket 'on demand' intervention to the degree that it nullified his Laws of Nature under which all of creation groans and travails in pain whilst waiting for God's ultimate redemption.
However I do trust that God will, at his discretion, intervene selectively in response to our cries for intervention.
Who knows that God did not intervene, within the last day or two, to prevent a major catastrophe?
I also trust, with a childlike faith, that I am, as constantly as is possible, walking hand in hand with God as I go about what the hymnist describes as "The trivial round and the common task".
That is the balance of my particular faith (so help me God).
One aspect of Deism is but a part of my faith (I am not a Deist and nothing else).
I incline to the view that God would not practice blanket 'on demand' intervention to the degree that it nullified his Laws of Nature under which all of creation groans and travails in pain whilst waiting for God's ultimate redemption.
However I do trust that God will, at his discretion, intervene selectively in response to our cries for intervention.
Who knows that God did not intervene, within the last day or two, to prevent a major catastrophe?
I also trust, with a childlike faith, that I am, as constantly as is possible, walking hand in hand with God as I go about what the hymnist describes as "The trivial round and the common task".
That is the balance of my particular faith (so help me God).
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This is confusing to me, "what many of us call the Gospel message?" Might get close to....etc.. Are you being clever here? Can you be forthright in the delivery of your beliefs? "What you are inclined to believe? Does this mean you are looking for options? Can you share what it is that is your plan for eternal life is specifically?