Lumifer comments on Open thread, Mar. 14 - Mar. 20, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 16 March 2016 04:06:43PM 0 points [-]

and I understand their desires and want to behave in ways that please or manipulate them

The OP is talking about deism.

Comment author: Dagon 17 March 2016 05:33:09AM 0 points [-]

Right. And regardless of what's written about the rest of the cluster of religious belief regarding souls, creator-pleasing morality, etc., I have yet to actually meet anyone who assigns a high probability of a conscious thinking Creator without also bringing the rest of it in.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 March 2016 02:57:51PM 1 point [-]

I have yet to actually meet anyone...

Have you met anyone who self-identifies as a deist?