1. The rejection of divine revelation because it can not tell us anything about God.
How does a Deist know this? Given in the introduction, we see according to their beliefs, God is neither knowable nor can be defined. How does the deist know God has not given divine revelation to creation? Is the deist all knowing and all powerful? To make this claim the deist has to know something about God to reject this claim.
How does a Deist know that his reasoning is valid? They have to presuppose it in order for it to be valid. Is it possible that the Deist can be wrong about everything he claims to know about God and Nature? Second Nature only tells us that God created the universe. It does not answer the questions of how, why, and the purpose of creation. If a belief in God is deduced from personal experience how does the Deist know his experiences and observance of nature is valid and not prone to self-deception? Maybe their experiences are an illusion created by an acid trip or perhaps in another reality he is strapped down in a psyche ward somewhere.
3. Man cannot have a personal relationship with God but can have feelings of awe within the human soul and his creation.
The Deist claims we cannot have a personal relationship with God yet again this is an absolute claim that he knows something about God that cannot be known. After all, the Deist rejects divine revelation. The Deist is again appealing to subjective experience and feelings as a form of truth. How does he know these things are valid?
4. Humans have the ability to use reason to arrive at moral principles which create a Utilitarian-Humanistic form of ethics.5. Deists reject divine revelation and Holy writings such as the Bible, Quran, Torah and other religious text and creeds. It is up to the individual to determine how to honor God.
Since a Deist rejects divine revelation and substitutes for reason, how does he know anything about God at all and how does he know their reasoning is valid?. Though the Deist rejects divine revelation and Holy writings, Deism does indeed have a creed. A creed is defined as (2):
1.any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
2.any system or codification of belief or of opinion.
Deists do have a creed in the sense that they have a belief about God, Creation, Nature, Reality, Knowledge and Truth claims. The statement is also self-refuting, to say you hold to no creeds is a creed in and of itself.
6. All men and women and society are created equal according to Natural Law .
How does a Deist know that all men, women and society are created equal according to Natural Law? As we saw in point 4, moral principles are subjective and up to the individual. What Natural law is the deist appealing to? There is more than one theory of natural law. (3)
7. Reason and respect is a gift from God which are to be used of men.https://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/deism.htm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/creed
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-law-theories/
How does a Deist know this? Given in the introduction, we see according to their beliefs, God is neither knowable nor can be defined. How does the deist know God has not given divine revelation to creation? Is the deist all knowing and all powerful? To make this claim the deist has to know something about God to reject this claim.
How does a Deist know that his reasoning is valid? They have to presuppose it in order for it to be valid. Is it possible that the Deist can be wrong about everything he claims to know about God and Nature? Second Nature only tells us that God created the universe. It does not answer the questions of how, why, and the purpose of creation. If a belief in God is deduced from personal experience how does the Deist know his experiences and observance of nature is valid and not prone to self-deception? Maybe their experiences are an illusion created by an acid trip or perhaps in another reality he is strapped down in a psyche ward somewhere.
3. Man cannot have a personal relationship with God but can have feelings of awe within the human soul and his creation.
The Deist claims we cannot have a personal relationship with God yet again this is an absolute claim that he knows something about God that cannot be known. After all, the Deist rejects divine revelation. The Deist is again appealing to subjective experience and feelings as a form of truth. How does he know these things are valid?
4. Humans have the ability to use reason to arrive at moral principles which create a Utilitarian-Humanistic form of ethics.5. Deists reject divine revelation and Holy writings such as the Bible, Quran, Torah and other religious text and creeds. It is up to the individual to determine how to honor God.
Since a Deist rejects divine revelation and substitutes for reason, how does he know anything about God at all and how does he know their reasoning is valid?. Though the Deist rejects divine revelation and Holy writings, Deism does indeed have a creed. A creed is defined as (2):
1.any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
2.any system or codification of belief or of opinion.
Deists do have a creed in the sense that they have a belief about God, Creation, Nature, Reality, Knowledge and Truth claims. The statement is also self-refuting, to say you hold to no creeds is a creed in and of itself.
6. All men and women and society are created equal according to Natural Law .
How does a Deist know that all men, women and society are created equal according to Natural Law? As we saw in point 4, moral principles are subjective and up to the individual. What Natural law is the deist appealing to? There is more than one theory of natural law. (3)
7. Reason and respect is a gift from God which are to be used of men.https://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/deism.htm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/creed
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-law-theories/
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