Hey Duce, I hate to break it to you, but you're not a deist. First, you claim that you don't subscribe to "conventional" religions, but go on to explain your belief in sin, Jesus, and elements of the Christian afterlife. Second, and more importantly, it's a fundamental tenet of deism (practically the definition of deism) that everything was created by an all-powerful creator who then stepped back to watch his creation run. In that sense, deists believe in free will, so your belief in predestination is directly in conflict with this.
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