"Dapper Dandy" <dapperdandy4u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1173313838.463077.250550@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi there,
>
> I was wondering if any adherents to Deism would be kind enough to
> answer the following question for me...
>
> 1} Could you please tell me how an individual converts to Deism or for
> lack of a better phrase, how does one become a Deist?. In other words,
> does becoming a Deist involve an official initiation ceremony which is
> akin to a Christian baptism or something along those lines?.
>
> 2} Could you please tell me if adherents to Deism typically opt for
> burial or cremation when they pass away?.
>
> 3} Do Deists have an official symbol of faith such as the Crucifix
> (Christianity), the Star of David (Judaism), Aum (Hinduism), Khanda
> (Sikhism), or the Pentagram (Wicca)?.
>
> 4} Could you please tell me what the Deist view is of Homo***uality?.
>
> 5} Could you please tell me what the Deist view is of Abortion and
> Contraception?.
>
> 6} Could you please tell me what the Deist view is of Masturbation?.
>
> 7} Could you please tell me if adherents to Deism typically pray to a
> Deity or series of Deities in the same way that adherents to Judaism,
> Christianity, and Islam pray to their God?.
>
> 8} Could you please tell me if Deism has its holy days much like
> Christianity has
> Christmas and Easter?.
>
> If you could please assist me with my questions in the above text, I
> would be most grateful indeed.
>
Most of your questions here and in the later reply to old man joe are in a
very real sense meaningless. I.,e., it makes no sense to ask what a
"typical" deist believes on various things (not even on the nature of the
deity which they affirm exists). There is no such thing as a "typical"
deist or a "typical" set of beliefs which a deist would espouse, aside
from
affirming that some sort of deity exists which lit the fuse which started
it
all. That deity, according to many deists, is in NO way involved in the
cosmos in any way except as its initiator.
In a sense, deism is just a kind of "shame-faced atheism"; i.e., you have
a
god but without the inconveniences of any sort of religion. I.e., there
is
no set of beliefs or morals or practices to which you adhere because you
are
a deist. You just think that there was some sort of something or other
which started it all.
--
BS
"I've always been crazy but,
it has kept me from going insane."
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