Re:Generated Quotes to Understand Atheism
by bigmattystyles on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:12PM
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I know atheist is used because there are fewer worldwide, and it has a pejorative tinge, but I would prefer to call people who believe in the supernatural ‘theists’.
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'Theist' and 'deist' already describe different kinds of belief. If you believe that the universe couldn't have come from nothing by natural causes, and in fact had a divine spark, you're a deist. If you think that the divine spark has a name and personality and meddles around in human affairs, you're a theist.
I know discussing downvotes is out of fashion, but damn, I just wrote out the definitions. https://www.dictionary.com/compare-words/deism-vs-theism