[sirchtruth]

I believe in God but am not certain as to Christ's divinity.

So as you define deist, you would define it as one who believes in God?

And no, that doesn't make me Jewish by default.

I don't understand? Do some think you Jewish because you're not sure of Christ divinity?

[dirtboy]

So as you define deist, you would define it as one who believes in God?

I use an affiliation to deism loosely rather than specifically, as it is probably the closest description of my beliefs. A lot of Deists are outright hostile to Christianity, and I'm not. I just believe in a higher power, have seen what I consider to be evidence of such, adhere to basic tenets of Judeo-Christian morality - but am not certain of Christ's divinity. Unlike some liberal Anglican types who are bishops in their church while expressing doubts about Christ being the son of God, I'm not going to be hypocritical and call myself a Christian - to me, if you're a Christian, you need to believe that Christ was the son of God and was resurrected - or else you're kinda overlooking key aspects of the faith you profess to believe in.

I don't understand? Do some think you Jewish because you're not sure of Christ divinity?

I was half joking - since Jews adhere to Judeo-Christian morality and question Christ's divinity, there is a bit of similiarity in viewpoints there.