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Deist: It Describes Me

Melissa Taylor
Aug 25
1 min read

I now identify as a Deist because I simply just found the word that describes everything I've been trying to tell everybody else about who I am spiritually, religiously, whatever words you want to use.


I am 59 and I've heard Buddhism, Taoism, Atheism, Catholicism, Baptist, Episcopalian, etc. So many descriptors. 59 YEARS of never hearing DEIST, but as soon as I read the basic beliefs and principles of Deism, I thought a 5 letter word for what I've been trying to encapsulate by way of sentences, paragraphs, and at times, nearly a thesis of my views.


It just seems like me in a nutshell, as far as trying to express to any other human being what makes me feel like my life is just not a cardboard plastic thing, but that it was designed by something or someone; this shows there is a purpose for my existence.


For me, the biggest question I've noticed most people ask themselves is "why am I here"? I don't think I know, or understand, the full purpose of it, but to believe that somebody created this universe I'm a part of is helpful to me. That is why I'm a Deist.

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John Veach
John Veach
Aug 26

Wow Melissa, great article. The cardboard plastic thing really hit home. Our government wants us to be obedient. Our culture wants us just to be active consumers. But God wanted us to live, sit under the trees and stars, to be, to love. So great job! For the record, I read it 3 times

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Melissa Taylor
Aug 26
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Thank you that is very nice of you. I was telling Bob, I think it's Bob, and I can't go to my Gmail and double check. Anyway, I'm still actually dealing with, for lack of a better word, shock! That there is a community/religion/philosophy that's been existing that I've never heard of. I went to a Baptist church growing up, but I've always questioned religion, and find most of them to border on insane....ok, maybe ARE insane. My views on JC aren't popular, and have gotten me into plenty of trouble with a great deal of people. I think he and his "disciples" planned everything..."cons"piracy I like to say. Thank you again for the kind and welcoming words.

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