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What does deism mean to you? Do you have a different understanding outside of the dictionary definition?
I can too!Ashlar2006, I can identify with your Grandfather.
Ashlar2006, I can identify with your Grandfather.
Apparently, I am in agreement as well. I'm not knocking organized religion, I just haven't found a path to identify myself with it. I find value in many.I can too!
I have always agreed with those words of my Grandfather .
I get very little out of going to church though I have tried (and tried hard) . Sadly , I have never found G_d in a building by listening the words of another man . But like Gary , I am not knocking organized religion , merely I personally get nothing out of it .
Nature is more ...umm... tangible . The feel of the wind and sun on my face , the sounds of the birds chirping and singing in the trees , the beauty of a flower , the smell of the soil , the rain that gives life to the plants , the ebb and flow of the tides , the fish that swim in the waters , deer standing in the field as the sun rises in the morning , when my dog sits in my lap and looks up at me with such trusting eyes and on and on and on . I see G_d in all these things and it is something I can relate too .
I can stroll through the woods , and it is a spiritual moment , I look around in amazement at all that G_d has accomplished and get a chill up my spine . Such wonders to behold . Maybe I am a deist , lol !? Or maybe I am not making any sense .
Thanks...I will check it out.....There's a decent write-up on wikipedia on Deism worth reviewing.
Put a lump of sugar in it...Well... I do find the "Deism" concept kinda interesting, I will have to say ( I know this will be a HUGE surprise).......... I am not a deist...... I can understand why some would consider themselves a deist but it just isnt my cup of tea.....