Are Deists and Atheists Really ANY Different?

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[robsmerto]

difference:

athiest:no god

Deist: more than likely a god and he does science

derp?

[kippmcleodtheheretic]

@robsmerto

First of all, did you even watch the video? I'm talking about similarities in function, not definition.

Second, that's not even what the terms mean. "More than likely?" Where did you hear that?

"and he does science?" What is he, a professor? How does one "DO" science?

Educate yourself. Seriously.

[MrHead1972]

if you dont understand the differences between an atheist and a deist get a dictionary and maybe it will help you. an atheist doesnt beleive in god at all and a deist beleives that there is a creator but doesnt go sofar as 2 define the nature of that creator. so its not 2 people on the same side. it sounds as if you want 2 create your own definition of things. bujt if you stop over thinking things you might get some understanding/exceptance of the differences.

[kippmcleodtheheretic]

@MrHead1972

Dude, where do I even begin with this barely legible comment?

Seriously, is English your first language? This is atrocious stuff here, I mean really.

Maybe you should stop UNDER thinking things and realize that a literal difference does not equate to a functional difference, which is the point of my video. Picking up a dictionary isn't all there is to understanding language, but since you've offered that as your advice, here's mine. Learn some fucking grammar.

[MrHead1972]

@kippmcleodtheheretic it and really seems that you wanna define ya own words in making an atheist and a deist the same. well thats fine as long as you keep that bullshit in ya head rather than speak it out loud and be known as a fool. cause im sorry 2 inform you that the job 4 placing and defining words in the dictionary/english language has been filled and has been 4 a long. so keep ya itty bitty pea brain ass lack of understanding 2 yaself cause you removed all doubt when you spoke out.

[kippmcleodtheheretic]

@MrHead1972

Sorry, but if you don't get this, you just don't. You can derogate me all you like, but when I say there is a functional similarity, you have nothing to say about it, because you don't understand what I'm saying. Insulting me (and women???) doesn't change this. Learn to spell, learn to type, get out of grade school and go make something out of yourself young man. Best of luck.

[VegasSkateCulture]

Deism I respect. Atheism is just fucking stupid.

[thegrassisgreenhere]

I understand what you mean. The reason I'm a deist, is because I believe that a being of some sort created the universe. I also believe that there is, what one would call, a "spiritual" side of the world. It's something I feel/believe but have absolutely no evidence for. I also accept the fact that I could be completely wrong and I'm just self releasing endorphins from my brain that make me feel funny. I think that atheists, deists,agnostics only differ at the most personal level.

[Kloborgg]

@VegasSkateCulture

Yeah believing proven science is just fucking stupid.

[edgar669966]

I dont believe that I can pray to this creator or that he judges me for my good or bad deeds or that im going to heaven or hell because of my actions. So really im kind of a creationist atheist

[edgar669966]

As a deist i like to look at my self as an atheist who doesnt believe in evolution. Atheism and Deism are on the same side when it comes to how it views religion, yet the view on the creation of the world is different. I believe theres a creator but that religion is just a bunch of folk tales created to explain questions about life that cant be answered. Im also not sold on evolution. The complexity of life and how ecosystems work convince me that a creator designed it with a function. I dont b

[behemuth]

Hey... here's a conundrum...

Deists by definition do not believe in a theistic god.

Deists are Atheists.

All deists are atheists, but not all atheists are also deist.

My gawd...

[Shipuh]

As a Deist, I've always highly disagreed with the dictionary definition of Deism. The Deism described in it never authentically represented the Deism that I practice. It doesn't help either that Webster was a Christian moralist who down-right hated Deism. His morals pervaded through all of his definitions, and he often quoted biased sources (The Federalist Papers, The Bible, etc.) Many definitions are still in there (even if they are archaic) and have become a part of our linguistic history.

[Shipuh]

I'm an agnostic Deist. -- When pushed about my "beliefs", I would rather admit "I really don't know..." if a God exists or not, yet I find spiritual sustenance in various religious practices. -- I don't believe in supplicative prayer...but that doesn't stop me from other forms of prayer. (Thanksgiving, Affirmation, etc.) I realize that it is much more beneficial to -DO- something about bad situations than to -PRAY- problems away. -- It really comes down as a benefit of comfort to my mind.

[mouthfullofpussy]

I don't pray openly, i don't think i fully grasp what god is, even if explained through the bible of a church. I do believe in god though, I may not view him the way a catholic or christian or any other religion does but i still do. I think i associate more with deism, cause of the freedom to think for ones self. I like to think of my Dreams as prayers. and if a dream comes true then i guess god has answered your prayers. i like to think that if you do good, good things will come in return.