deism
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- noun
- /ˈdeɪɪzəm/
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deísmo
- Many Enlightenment philosophers embraced deism as a rational belief in a non-intervening creator.
And the French masses should convert to deism.
- And the French masses should convert to deism.
- Descartes, God is essentially the God of deism.
- Deism doesn't have that problem, and Deism is what we're actually LED into.
- Instead of being based on deism, we adopted the gold standard.
Examples
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The Enlightenment period speaks of deism and conceives of God as a spectator of human affairs.
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A Yale graduate, he was briefly attracted to deism after his graduation in 1787.
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Wait, I'm sorry, I believe in an independent version of deism, but still, no one even tries to prove it wrong.
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I must say it is refreshing to see you argue for what is essentially Deism.
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In his last years, he converted to deism and co-wrote the 2007 book, There Is a God, to explain why.
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An example, yes, Christianity has a problem of evil; deism doesn't.
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It's fascinating that such philosophers as Dr. Antony Flew have converted from atheism to deism.
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His study of deism led him to argue that reason should guide one’s understanding of God.
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The principles of deism suggest that while God created the universe, He does not interfere in its daily functioning.
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Etymology
The word deism comes from the Latin root deus, meaning 'god', plus the ending -ism, meaning 'belief'. So deism is the belief that God made the world but does not act in it, and people rely on reason rather than miracles to understand God.