Anybody home? (Deists, Revelation, God, miracles, Deism)

[HopefulNikki]

Where are all the Deists? If you're around, let me know.

[roli]

Originally Posted by HopefulNikki

Where are all the Deists? If you're around, let me know.

I am not but would like to hear your position as a deist.
Is it in relation to a prior expereince with God or just your own reasoning behind it all?
Do you believe that a supernatural encounter or revelation from God is possible?

[robtex]

Nikki, you will find a few of the deists in the UU section of RF or in the taoist section. For the record, and I have been on RF for two years, we don't have many deists on RF.

[HopefulNikki]

Originally Posted by roli

I am not but would like to hear your position as a deist.
Is it in relation to a prior expereince with God or just your own reasoning behind it all?
Do you believe that a supernatural encounter or revelation from God is possible?

Deists typically would say that their belief in a God stems from reason and nature. That is, they see evidence for God all around them in the natural world. Most of them would typically also favor any number of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. I agree with both of these viewpoints in how I come to the conclusion that God exists. In terms of supernatural revelations from God, I don't really think they're necesary to learn things about God. I don't need a book to tell me that God exists. I don't need to view supernatural miracles, when the natural world is so miraculous as it is.

[HopefulNikki]

Originally Posted by robtex

Nikki, you will find a few of the deists in the UU section of RF or in the taoist section. For the record, and I have been on RF for two years, we don't have many deists on RF.

Well that stinks . The UUs seem nice enough, though

[Ciaran]

People are home, but not in this Deism section

[michel]

Originally Posted by HopefulNikki

Deists typically would say that their belief in a God stems from reason and nature. That is, they see evidence for God all around them in the natural world. Most of them would typically also favor any number of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. I agree with both of these viewpoints in how I come to the conclusion that God exists. In terms of supernatural revelations from God, I don't really think they're necesary to learn things about God. I don't need a book to tell me that God exists. I don't need to view supernatural miracles, when the natural world is so miraculous as it is.

If that is an accurate description of a deist, I guess that makes me one as well.

[HopefulNikki]

Originally Posted by Ciaran

People are home, but not in this Deism section

Yay! Well then you guys should come on over! Or maybe I should come over to you....

[HopefulNikki]

Originally Posted by michel

If that is an accurate description of a deist, I guess that makes me one as well.

Maybe, although to be honest I've never heard a Deist called him/herself "a follower of Christ." Deists don't believe in revelation from God like through prophets, holy books, etc. If you want to be sure, you can always go to places like www.deism.com to see if it truly fits your beliefs.

[Epsilon]

Originally Posted by HopefulNikki

Maybe, although to be honest I've never heard a Deist called him/herself "a follower of Christ." Deists don't believe in revelation from God like through prophets, holy books, etc. If you want to be sure, you can always go to places like *insert site here because it won't let me even quote one* to see if it truly fits your beliefs.

Yup I was right I am also a Deist. I just had to look at the definition on that site. Took me until now to find a decent definition. In otherwords: Hi! I'm here just joined too...