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# Church of The Modern Deist

Where Reason and Spirit are Not Exclusive

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [Do Deists Have a Personal Relationship with God?](https://moderndeist.org/do-deists-have-a-personal-relationship-with-god) - As always I have to answer this from my perspective, not all deists. Deists are as diverse as any group bound by a common idea can be. Remember there is no such thing as "Deist Catechism", to teach you what you are supposed to believe. There is no "Deist Creed" you say to prove your
- [What Does it Mean to Take God's Name in Vain](https://moderndeist.org/what-does-it-mean-to-take-gods-name-in-vain) - As a Deist you might think I would respond to this with who cares, and on some levels you would be right, on others not so much. Recently a person emailed me about a comment that I made, that comment was as follows, "Most Christians think saying God damn, is taking the lord's name in
- [Episode-10- Which Requires more "Faith" Atheism or Deism?](https://moderndeist.org/episode-10-which-requires-more-faith-atheism-or-deism) - Today we take a look at the question, what takes greater faith, believing in "God" or being an atheist? To me the question is obvious when we simply ask, so what must the atheist place faith in, to say they do not believe in God. You can subscribe to this Podcast on iTunes http://bit.ly/deistcast or
- [Can You Prove God Exists - Can You Prove God Does Not Exist](https://moderndeist.org/can-you-prove-god-exists-can-you-prove-god-does-not-exist) - I am having a debate right now about this with an atheist. He assertion is God does not exist because it can't be scientifically proven. While he keeps trying to drag it to is evolution real, that is not he debate and I refuse to let it go there. My assertion is only that the
- [Episode-09- The Struggle of Leaving Organized Faith and Lack of Deist Community](https://moderndeist.org/episode-09-the-struggle-of-leaving-organized-faith-and-lack-of-deist-community) - Today we take a look at The Struggle of Leaving Organized Faith and Lack of Deist Community and the challenges faced apart from the community of a "church".
- [Episode-08- How Can Deism Make Us Better People](https://moderndeist.org/episode-08-how-can-deism-make-us-better-people) - In episode 8 of The Deist Podcast, we examine how living as a Deist with an awareness of the creation can strengthen us a people and improve our moral bearing.
- [Episode-07- Is Prayer Effective - A Deists View of Prayer](https://moderndeist.org/episode-07-prayer) - Today go forward from there with a deep dive into things like ritual, energy and simply realizing our connection to the creation itself.
- [Episode-06- A Counter Argument to Atheists who ask for "Evidence of God"](https://moderndeist.org/episode-06-a-counter-argument-to-atheists-who-ask-for-evidence-of-god) - While deists can provide not hard concrete proof for the existence of God, it is also true that atheists have not creditable answer for the existence of life.
- [Why I Pity Atheists](https://moderndeist.org/why-i-pity-athesists) - I do, I genuinely pity atheists. Now mind you an atheist is generally a lot easier to have a discussion with about life than a born again full on evangelical by a long shot. They tend to be rational people, and most tend to be in my view "good people". As honest as most if
- [Christianity and Judaism Have Evolved - Let's Examine Why](https://moderndeist.org/but-christianity-and-judaism-have-evolved-lets-examine-why) - A common meme right now is that unlike Isalm the Jewish and Christian faiths have evolved. That even though these faiths were used to justify some pretty horrible things, you know stoning people to death in direct accordance with the law for crimes such as disobedience to a father and other such things we just
- [Your God is Too Small If](https://moderndeist.org/your-god-is-too-small-if) - This is an incredible short video that I think any Deist would really love is from our friends at ReasonedMedia.
- [Are Most People Deists Even if they Call Themselves Muslim, Christian, Etc.](https://moderndeist.org/are-most-people-deists-even-if-they-call-themselves-muslim-christian-etc) - Let me start out by saying I get what I mean and what most proclaimed Deists mean when they say, "I am a Deist". The self declared Deist largely rejects all organized faiths, such as Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc. Frankly if you want to discuss religion with me you will be just as likely to
- [Morality and the Code of Creation Part Two](https://moderndeist.org/morality-and-the-code-of-creation-part-two) - In part one we examined what I call the natural innate morality that I do feel is written into our code as beings, assuming we are not damaged some how. We can be damaged from birth, for instance a true psychopath has no empathy. Before I continue in part one of this series commenter asked
- [Is "Morality" Written into the "Code of Creation"](https://moderndeist.org/is-morality-written-into-the-code-of-creation) - Recently a commenter here at the ModernDeist.org wrote the following, "What if morality was written into the code of creation itself?" Great question but before I go on, you should know that this commenter is someone I know. This someone is Christian, so like most questions, it is always angled to make the point, "this
- [Time for Some Humor with Some Truth Built In](https://moderndeist.org/time-for-some-humor-with-some-truth-built-in) - I found this old piece from master comedian George Carlin today and though with all the serious discussion here perhaps a bit of truth backed humor might be a good idea! If you are offended by adult language don't watch this, if you are otherwise offended by this, sigh, why are you reading this website?
- [Where Does Morality Come From](https://moderndeist.org/where-does-morality-come-from) - Recently in a discussion with a member of one of the revealed religions this was the question she asked. The angle being that our morality itself comes from God and hence that proves the existence of God and hence it proved her version of God exists. Now even if we take this view that "morality
- [Who was Jesus - I Say Jesus was Robin Hood!](https://moderndeist.org/who-was-jesus-i-say-jesus-was-robin-hood) - I was asked in a comment recently what the "Deist View of Jesus" is? Like many questions I really can't answer that for anyone but me. Asking what a Deist thinks of Jesus is like asking what a scientist thinks about the origin of the universe. The number of answers you get may be damn
- [Why I Feel People Choose Atheism ](https://moderndeist.org/why-i-feel-people-choose-atheism) - As I begin this post I want to make something clear, if you are an atheist I have no desire to convert you from atheism by force of will or even with logic. I provide my views on Deism and other beliefs for those that have interest in it. I simply am examining all belief
- [Is there Room in Deism for Mysticism ](https://moderndeist.org/is-there-room-in-deism-for-mysticism) - I think this has a lot to do with how you define the word mysticism. The dictionary does so as... 1: the experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics 2: the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (as
- [Getting Everything You Want in Heaven Could Make You Miserable ](https://moderndeist.org/how-getting-everything-you-want-as-heaven-could-make-you-miserable) - Could getting everything you ever wanted and more really make you miserable? Is that even possible? May be? This post orginated as a comment in response to a reader of a previous post called, "What Do Deists Think Happens After We Die". You can see the question here and my response to it here. This
- [A Gift of Fear?  No Thanks!](https://moderndeist.org/a-gift-of-fear-no-thanks) - I like many that come to Deism have a catholic background. There is a wonderful sense of mystery inside Catholicism if you can get past the guilt, false fears and superstitions and I think this is why so many former Catholics become Deists. I say this to point out I do not resent all of
- [Why is Deism Superior to Christianity? ](https://moderndeist.org/why-is-deism-superior-to-christianity) - Let me say right up front this question actually pissed me off. It wasn't from a person interested in Deism it was from a Christian who was angry that I had the damn nerve to be a Deist in the first place and choose it over Christianity. Frankly it wasn't really a question it was
- [You're a Deist Hey, So What's the Point](https://moderndeist.org/youre-a-deist-hey-so-whats-the-point) - When I discuss religion with pagans, atheists, agnostics and even non monotheistic revealed religions like Buddhists saying I am a deist may result in what is that, but never what's the point. Just about all of these folks seem to simply accept that I simply believe what I believe. Many of course don't agree, well
- [Is there any Value in Prayer for a Deist](https://moderndeist.org/is-there-any-value-in-prayer-for-a-deist) - Like just about any question you can ask in regard to deism you will get many different answers from many different deists. Many would likely tell you that there is no value in prayer based on the belief that "God does not intervene" shared by deists. Some would likely tell you that you are just
- [What is the Deist View on One God or Monotheism?](https://moderndeist.org/what-is-the-deist-view-on-one-god-or-monotheism) - Well, as always the question is answered differently by different deists but this is one there is largely a consensus on. Most deists would say, indeed there is “one creator”, one supreme intelligence but many different views of that exist. Again I can only give you my view. I would define God as a singularity.
- [What Do Deists Think Happens After We Die](https://moderndeist.org/what-do-deists-think-happens-after-we-die) - As I stated yesterday when I blogged about whether deists believe in an afterlife, it is quite simply true that you will likely get a different answer from just about every deist you ask. A few may say nothing happens at least from your perspective. They may simply say your time passes and your body
- [Do Deists Believe in an "Afterlife" ](https://moderndeist.org/do-deists-believe-in-an-afterlife) - Anyone answering this question with a flat yes or no, simply isn't qualified to answer this question. The question itself stems from the belief that a church, holy book or organization is supposed to tell its members what to believe and how to believe it. In its' simplest form Deism is simply an understanding that
- [Do Deists Believe in the “Miraculous” ](https://moderndeist.org/do-deists-believe-in-the-miraculous) - When I explained Deism to one of my friends his response was simply, “so you don’t believe in anything miraculous right”? My response took him a bit back when I said, “of course I do I see miracles ever day”. His next question was, “but you don’t believe in things like raising the dead, walking

## Pages

- [About](https://moderndeist.org/about-modern-deism) - Welcome to the Church of Modern Deism. Our faith is a structured version of Deist Theology. On the surface this may seem like an oxymoron as Deism is classically defined as, “a philosophy which holds that reason and observation of the natural world, can determine that the universe is the product of a creator, without
- [Deist Podcast](https://moderndeist.org/deist-podcast) - The Modern Deist Podcast explores spiritual and scientific questions from Deist view daring to answer the questions where science and religion have failed.
- [F.A.Q.](https://moderndeist.org/f-a-q) - Q. What is a deist? A. The most basic definition is a deist is one who believes in a creator, a deity that is the sum total of consciousness. This deity though is not seen as a judge or overlord, rather simply part of all things, a universal energy, and a consciousness that we are

## Episode

- [Episode-05- If Deists Are Right Why Aren't There More of Us?](https://moderndeist.org/podcast/episode-05-if-deists-are-right-why-arent-there-more-of-us) - Honestly it is a fair question for the non Deist to ask. If Deism makes so much sense why are there not more of us? To me it comes down to a few things. First there is no way to use Deism as a system of control, so it doesn't benefit the State or any
- [Episode-04- Pantheism, Panentheism and Pandeism](https://moderndeist.org/podcast/episode-04-pantheism-panentheism-and-pandeism) - Today we look at the concepts of Pantheism, Panentheism and Pandeism and beyound that I will tell you why I tend to think like a Panendeist if there even is such a thing. I go into why I feel we should not really look at these as individual faiths, rather as philosophies within the larger
- [Episode-03- My Journey to Deism and What's the Point of Deism](https://moderndeist.org/podcast/episode-03-my-journey-to-deism-and-whats-the-point-of-deism) - Today I tell a bit of my own journey to Deism, how I was raised Catholic, left that church and later became a Methodist. How all along the way I never truly believed in main stream revealed religion and how though a lot of study of spirituality I became spiritually homeless, with no name for
- [Episode-02- Beyond the Clock Maker Version of God](https://moderndeist.org/podcast/episode-02-beyond-the-clock-maker-version-of-god) - Deism is usually described by non deists as a believe that God is like a clock maker, meaning he simply created the universe and walked away with no concern or further involvement. While there are a few Deists who feel this way the vast majority are far more spiritual in nature. While we tend not
- [Episode-01- The Modern Deist Podcast - An Introduction](https://moderndeist.org/podcast/epi-01-the-modern-deist-podcast-an-introduction) - In the first episode I simply tell you who I am, a little about what this podcast will be like and start to answer the complicate question of what is deism. I will also tell you about my path and how I came to find Deism.

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## Podcasts

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