Very close to the Beginning... by oracle-of-nonsense, literature
Literature
Very close to the Beginning...
Somewhere very close to the beginning, the Beginning realized that, however much It cared for them, the angels did not make adequate companions (they made good servants, but poor friends and even poorer lovers). The Beginning wanted something more challenging, less flat, and more like Itself. It thought, "I want something passionate like fire, something that burns strong and hot." So It created Dóim.
Dóim was passionate like fire, and burned strong and hot, but the Beginning sensed that the being was incomplete. Instead of destroying this beautiful, tempestuous creation (which had already scorched its way into the Beginning's heart
What is Deism?
I'm pretty sure now that after years of searching I have found that I am a Deist.
A Deist is someone who believes that through careful observation of the world around them they can use their own reason to believe in a higher being or creator. It is a fantastic belief. Unbound by the rigid structure of the theistic religions, it allows freedom of though and connects hand in hand with modern science. It is an ever flowing and ever changing faith, personal to the believer. Even better it depends upon a holy scripture that can never be argued with: The Universe itself. The laws and ideas that a Deist draws up must come from the w