Whats <span title="deism?-------------------------?">deism?-------------------...</span>

Question

think ive just found out what what i believe in.but what do you call someone who believes in deism.A deist?can someone help me out please and tell me how you pronounce it and what it mains beliefs are.thx =)

Answer 1

A deist believes in an absent, non-personal god.

Basically, god created the universe, and then ****** off for a really long coffee break.

Answer 2

Yes. It&#039;s pronounced Dee ist.

It&#039;s the belief there is a god, visible through the rules of the universe. That&#039;s about it.

No personal savior, just a creator, and no revealed word of god. Here, have this site, have fun.

Answer 3

I believe the consciousness of the entire universe is God. I do believe God created the universe. He/She/It/Them did have the first thought of &quot; I think, therefore I am.&quot; [Descartes] then God said what the first answerer said &quot; Oh F*** it&quot;. But if God were anything God would be a Mathematician, Physicist and Anthropologist. my God has no name or face.

Deist with a B.A. Degree in Anthropology (Archaeology)

Evolution is a scientific theory and a fact. Science always comes first and I don&#039;t resort to the &quot;God did it&quot; BS.

Footnote to Avatar:

Senior Imprisoned Correspondent

I come to the aid of Atheist who are under attack here in R&amp;S all the time. I have nothing against Atheist asking for proof. I know I can&#039;t prove my God exist.

Answer 4

Deism is a belief that there is infact a creator, that created the Earth and the universe, but pretty much left it and didn&#039;t interfere.

They don&#039;t believe in &#039;miracles&#039; or Jesus Christ, because once again they don&#039;t believe God interferes. Which makes alot of sense to me. xD

Answer 5

pronounced-

D-is-em

Answer 6

Deists believe that someone or something created the universe and set it in motion according to a set of natural laws, but then left and has done nothing since.  

Most of the founding fathers of America were deists.  

Answer 7

You consider yourself to be a deist, but you don&#039;t know what a deist is? That is, to say the least, very peculiar.

Answer 8

The word &quot;Deism&quot; is derived from the Latin word for God: &quot;Deus.&quot; Deism involves the belief in the existence of God, on purely rational grounds, without any reliance on revealed religion or religious authority.

Deists:

Do not accept the belief of most religions that God revealed himself to humanity through the writings of the Bible, the Qur&#039;an or other religious texts.

Disagree with strong Atheists who assert that there is no evidence of the existence of God.

They regard their faith as a natural religion, as contrasted with one that is revealed by a God or which is artificially created by humans. They reason that since everything that exists has had a creator, then the universe itself must have been created by God. Thomas Paine concluded a speech shortly after the French Revolution with: &quot;God is the power of first cause, nature is the law, and matter is the subject acted upon.&quot;