Talk:List of deists
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David Hume: atheist or deist?
Why is Hume here, when he is also in List of atheists? Hume was not actually an atheist. Many have made this mistake.
- Hume is a mystery. I am not aware of his saying anywhere that he believed in any kind of god, but he is (iirc) quite quiet on that, but not on his criticisms of Christian god concepts. Since he never iirc clearly said he was either an atheist or a deist, and atheists and deists were often grouped together anyway, he is often grouped in both. I'd be very interested in any source that could settle this. His arguments, particularly when coupled with Darwinism, had a great effect on the downturn in deism though. I think it's quite interesting that this has never been resolved afaik.
- He presented a lot of the same arguments as Deists did against miracles. It was quite dangerous to be an atheist, and perhaps that is why he did not in his lifetime publish his criticisms of the proofs for god.--JimWae 02:14, 2005 Apr 10 (UTC)