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deism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | free thought |
| Type of | rationalism |
| Derivation | deist, deistic |
Examples of deism
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Christian deism can differ from both mainstream deism and orthodox Christianity.
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Paine's book followed in the tradition of early eighteenth-century British deism.
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Deism does not ascribe any specific qualities to a deity beyond non-intervention.
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The Hebrew Bible and classical rabbinic literature affirm theism and reject deism.
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Deism posits the existence of a single god, the Designer of the designs in Nature.
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Hardy's religious life seems to have mixed agnosticism, deism, and spiritism.
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The key section on deism opens with Historians have different views on the question.
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Rousseau's deism differed from the usual kind in its intense emotionality.
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As with claims of deism, these identifications are not without controversy.
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- The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation
- (deist) a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
- (deistic) deist: of or relating to deism
- Deism is a religious and philosophical belief that a supreme being created the universe, and that this (and religious truth in general) can be determined using reason and observation of the natural world alone, without the need for either faith or organized religion. ...
- The religious philosophy and movement that became prominent in England, France, and the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries that rejects supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) and divine revelation prominent in organized religion, along with holy books and revealed religions that ...
- (Deist) GOD MAKE WORLD FINISH, LEAVE-ALONE"th".
- (Deist) One who admits the possibility of the existence of a God or gods, but claims to know nothing of either, and denies revelation. An agnostic of olden times.
- A term used to refer to the views of a group of English writers, especially during the seventeenth century, the rationalism of which anticipated many of the ideas of the Enlightenment. ...
- The view that God works through fixed laws of nature; that is, that events occur without supernatural intervention.
