re: Conservatism doesn’t always equal Christianity

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Well, Deists don’t really accept the notion of “prophets” either, but we do need a term to distinguish these folks from traditional deists, or conversation gets ridiculiusly awkward (with a 20-word description rather than a handy label).

Can we use chritian Deist, with no capitalization? Nazarene Deism? Yeshuan Deism?

It really seems pedantic, when you are already distinguishing Traditiobal Christian, but I try not to get wrapoed around the axle over meaningless semantics.

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Honestly, I'm not that picky. I understand the gist of the term "Christian Deist" and don't mind anyone using it, and I will acknowledge the meaning behind the phrase. No worries.

Just pointing out that they're not really "Christian" in the strict meaning. That's all.

Having delved into philosophy at a wide and admittedly fairly shallow depth, the first thing that one comes to understand is that words' meanings have quite a bit of significance!

It is pedantic. Indeed. Thus is the nature of philosophy.