I wonder what a clear term could be for describing me.
I am deist in the sense that, I believe that there is a God, but that God has just made everything including the laws of physics and nature, given us a mind to be able to think on our own, and then decided that now that God has made a system that supports itself, God wants to see what the human being or other living being does given the existing system and the freedom to decide for or against something with equal probabilities.
I'm an atheist in the sense that, other than God and some ideas of religion, I disagree with the other 95% of religion which deals with forcing other beliefs and ways of life. There are only a few things that I take from religion, like believing in afterlife. The rest I can choose whether to believe or not based on logic and morals.
Sometimes in the past, I have had agnostic mindsets for a while, because that was my transformation stage from being forced to be a theist to becoming my true self and not fearing anymore to accept what I believe in.
So, in the end, maybe you can just call me a deist after all.
I have no problem with people who are theists or atheists, as long as neither of the groups are trying to be just annoying. You can share your beliefs, but please, don't force them on me. Nobody has been able to logically prove that their stance is indeed correct because it is, after all real. In the end, it's always a belief, and I'm very accepting of the fact that everyone has a different one.
I try not to bring up any discussion of who is right or wrong, because that normally leads to bad things.
You can tell me your religious belief, and I can tell you mine, but don't force things, and don't judge people based on their beliefs. I am open and accepting towards the other more 'normal' atheists and religious people as much as I can be accepting.
I always believed, and still believe that, God is not just superior in most ways, but in all ways. So, that would include God having an open and accepting mind. But the way religion is portrayed isn't something in total that seems like the product of such an open logical being in my opinion.
I believe that near the beginning of a lot of religions, and after that throughout the ages, the original ideas of religion, whatever they might have been, has been corrupted to great levels by people who spread these beliefs first. They have done so to their liking.
The part about religion that I like the most is that, it is mainly just a way of life that was at least designed to allow people to live a life as greatly as it can be lived. This composes of beliefs, rules, and morals. But then, it went to be practised in a way that I don't like most points about it.
I have my own small box of beliefs, the word 'rules' just sounds bad as it is forcing people, and the word 'moral' is just another sort of belief that is sometimes logical.
As for me, I make up my own beliefs, i.e. deism, I completely dislike the word rules in this context, and most importantly to me, I make up my own morals and codes to live by, after judging what I feel is wrong or right, or what I feel should be done in a situation.
I'm positive that religion is going to become more diluted and twisted over time, until one day when it stops existing and people choose to instead live by rational thinking, healthy thinking, and their own morals. I'm actually happy about that being a greater possibility, at least from what I think.
Laws wouldn't be made if people were just good to begin with, or if people accepted that different people have different beliefs about all things. In the same way, religion won't need to be there once people just know not to do things that harms, not to do things that even they believe is wrong, and just learn to be happy that way and keep people happy. But then again, a good part of being unhappy about someone else often arrives from the idea that they have different beliefs and opinions, rather than the reason that they have harmful ways of doing things. Once people learns to accept beliefs and opinions based on logic and not just pure instincts, and just give other opinions a break, I believe all will be fine without religion.
Sorry for the long post, but that's just me. I don't want to help myself from saying all that I want to in these topics.
