re: #72 austin_blue

I’ve seen deism being treated both separately from theism and as a part of it. A terminological thing, not a substantive one. Personally, I think it makes more sense to treat the deistic God as just that - God, which makes deism a part of theism.

Anyway, as long as you treat this deity as merely possible - rather than as significantly probable, you would fall under my understanding of atheism, even if you would never use the label yourself. After all, I also don’t reject the mere possibility of any deity existing, and I can also call myself an agnostic (as well as an atheist).