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- General DiscussionAlways suspected since my age of reason & questioned everything. Validated after many seasons of questioning, observations & then realized there was always ONE common answer, one common denominator to all my questions & observations. Only then did I become "comfortable" in my own skin. Acceptance w/o effort & w/o laboring, simple & uncomplicated. Navigation of the path before me has always been controlled by me knowing life does get in the way sometimes but the adjustment of the sails is my obligation to me & mine, step by step & one day @ a time. Pragmatism, reason, determination, execution thereof & perseverance. Live & let live.
- God v. ReligionIn my view, Deism is a religion. Indeed, all of the classical deists referred to it as a religion. They called it a natural religion. However, deism is not a revealed religion. Thomas Paine called deism a religion. Thus, deism is both a religion and a philosophy. The only true religion is deism. "The only religion that has not been invented, and that has in it every evidence of divine originality, is pure and simple deism." Thomas PaineLike
- General DiscussionI am friends with many different religions. The friends I have of one religion is the Baha’i Faith. They don’t teach original sin. But they believe that humans have an animalistic nature. I cannot disagree more! We are evolved animals with reason. As I don’t agree with the Baha’i Faith in, is revealed religion. I do agree with them on many points. And, this teaching is one of them. This explains why humans do good and bad. We have not evolved out our animal primal nature in some ways. But, in a civilized society we must bring order to control our animal impulses. Which means build virtue and build morals. I cannot disagree more. I think that teaching is deistic.