I was messing around

[Tux]

UUA's site and found an article on Deism - belief in God that is impersonal and can be approached with reason and miracles never happened. I always believed this since I was 8 years old. I do study Buddhism and follow some of that. I think that a personal connection to the divine presence could help people.

Are there any other Deists on this forum? What are your thoughts on spirituality and mysticism?

[evlbstrd]

1. Thomas Jefferson considered himself a Deist. eom

[flamin lib]

2. Pantheist here.

God is the cosmos and the cosmos is God. I'm part of the cosmos, therefore I am part of God who is part of me.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Naturalistic Pantheist here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_Pantheism

[libodem]

4. I'm somewhere in that realm

never believed in the personification of the deity if there is one.

[elfin]

5. Pretty much describes me

If I went to services - would be Unitarian/Universalist.

I think that humans anthromorphised "God" to make the concept understandable to our puny brains. The biggest mistake was in the Bible that supposedly god made humans in "His" likeness.

Thinking that we are "god like" is the source of so many troubles I cannot begin to count.

I am content to make Creation and what comes after (if anything does) a great Mystery. Living an ethical/loving life is reward enough if that is all there is. Using our brains to reason and solve problems here on Earth to benefit the future of all humankind is what we should be all about.

Various "saviors" and philosphers were endowed with uncommon good sense and have pointed the way to paths for a "good life."

[H2O Man]

6. "I have said,

Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High."

- Asaph; Psalm 82

[progressoid]

7. Fundies (and some mainstream Christians)

refuse to accept that a fair amount of the "founding fathers" were deists. And God forbid any mention of Thomas Paine's religion (or lack there of).

I think a lot of people are Deists today, but just don't know it. When pressed to define their beliefs, many believers dismiss most of the hocus pocus of the Bible.