2006-10-19 07:48:00 · 13 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
critical deism — the rejection of revealed religion.
constructive deism — the belief that Reason leads us to some basic religious truths.
2006-10-19 07:54:46 · answer #1 · answered by NO delusions 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Deist believes there is a god of some sort, a supreme being that created the universe in the remote past, but that doesn't get involved in the day to day micromanagement of said universe. Deists don't believe in organized religions, or the god of the bible or the koran. Deists don't believe it is possible to communicate with this being, and don't believe in a heaven or hell. Some believe death is a transition to another state of universal conciousness.
2006-10-19 14:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A deist is someone who believes that God created man and the universe, and then walked away to leave man all alone. This is an non-biblical approach to Christianity.
2006-10-19 14:50:35 · answer #3 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a Deist. I believe in God the creator. I do not believe in organized religion. I do not believe that the Bible is the word of God. I do not believe that Jesus is God's virgin-birthed son, but a loving philosopher at the most. I believe in science. I believe that if we began with the Big Bang, then that is how God started everything. I believe in evolution.
2006-10-19 14:50:27 · answer #4 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The first answer is right.
I've heard that a lot of our founding fathers were actually Deists, including Thomas Jefferson.
2006-10-19 14:50:45 · answer #5 · answered by cb4556 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A person who believes that there is a god.
That god created everything in the beginning and then just stood back and is watching to see what will happen.
The God of the Bible is not such a god, He intervenes all the time to do what is according to His word.
2006-10-19 15:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One who believes in a Deity(s). Hey for a very good read on this subject see Thomas Paine "the Age of Reason".
2006-10-19 14:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by theagitator@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Believes in God without the framework of a religion.
2006-10-19 14:49:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a belief that God exists but only God
and that he does not have any thing
to do with what goes on down here.
2006-10-19 14:50:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
two definitions in dict
first one is Belief in a personal God
2006-10-19 14:50:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋