Now that I think of it I didn’t say it explicitly, but I was. I called myself Catholic, but I had already rejected the Bible (because it was written by humans, of course) and concluded that God so loved His beautiful physics that He would NEVER EVER touch the universe (because I had managed to develop a fondness for science, though for some reason I did not yet accept e.g. materialism).
That’s pretty much Deism, I think. Not right, but not quite as wrong as some other possible approaches.
Welcome! I don’t know much/how systematically you’ve read, but if you’re wondering about what makes something “true”, you’ll want to check out The Simple Truth (short answer: if it corresponds to reality), followed by Making Beliefs Pay Rent and What is Evidence.
I’m not sure Alyssa said she was religious!
Now that I think of it I didn’t say it explicitly, but I was. I called myself Catholic, but I had already rejected the Bible (because it was written by humans, of course) and concluded that God so loved His beautiful physics that He would NEVER EVER touch the universe (because I had managed to develop a fondness for science, though for some reason I did not yet accept e.g. materialism).
That’s pretty much Deism, I think. Not right, but not quite as wrong as some other possible approaches.
Welcome! I don’t know much/how systematically you’ve read, but if you’re wondering about what makes something “true”, you’ll want to check out The Simple Truth (short answer: if it corresponds to reality), followed by Making Beliefs Pay Rent and What is Evidence.
But it sounds like you’ve made a very good start.