Hong Kong Liberal Religious Forum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic ... utic_deism

1. A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.
2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
3. The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
4. God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.
5. Good people go to heaven when they die.



A new teen religion
By Christopher Stefanick
www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/2296

To sum it up, Moralistic Therapeutic Deists believe that God rewards good people and punishes bad (moralistic); that the primary goal of faith is to make one feel good (therapeutic); and that God is a distant force that sometimes intervenes when we need him but isn’t all that involved in our lives (deism). Other traditionally held dogmas are up for grabs.

普遍美國青少年信徒是
道德主義治療學派自然神論者
（7月21日消息）
時代論壇
http://christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Rea ... big5_hkscs

...美國天主教丹佛教區青少年事工總監史提芬力克（Christopher Stefanick）形容那是一個新宗教：「道德主義治療學派自然神論」（Moralistic Therapeutic Deism）。

史提芬力克解釋，青少年都相信上帝會賜福好人、懲罰壞人（道德主義），同時認為信仰的主要目標是使人感覺良好（治療學派），並認為上帝是一個遙遠的力量，會在他們需要的時候介入事情，但不是全面地介入生命裡的每個層面（自然神論）。...

（取材美國天主教丹佛教區網站）
（www.christiantimes.org.hk，時代論壇每日快拍，2009.7.21）