What is the Diffrence between Deism and agnosticism?

Question

they seem the same to me, but if you know the differnces that would be awesome.

Answer 1

Deism is a belief in a god that created all things, then set back and let the world run itself.
In other words he created it, but he does not involve himself in what happens on this earth.

Agnosticism is a belief that there isn't enough information to base a logical answer on.
So, God may exist and God may not exist.
Agnostics are waiting for more information to sway their minds.
Maybe a God sighting or something.

Answer 2

Deism affirms the existence of a God that created the universe, much like a wind up clock, he wound it up and then walked away. Deists believed that while there was a first cause to the Universe, it was not a Christian God. This includes most of the founding fathers and a few later leaders, such as Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln wrote a little known anti-Christian work that he never repudiated. He was also accused of being a non-believer during his congressional election. He did not deny it. Jefferson of course rewrote the bible and excised it of anything not ordinary. Adams, in his 1816 letter to Jefferson wrote ...this would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it." I think deism mostly died because atheism is a logical alternative. I believe histories deists would be today's atheists.

Agnostics claim not to know whether a God exists or not.

So the difference is in believing there was a "first cause," versus believing you cannot or do not know if there was a first cause.

Answer 3

deism is the belief of a diety such as a god or goddess atheism is the belief that no deity such as a god or goddess exists and agnosticism is in between the two they are neither believer nor atheist due to the fact that we feel that there is not enough evidence to support the fact the a god exists or doesn't exist

Answer 4

Deism is like theism but is beyond the creators control. That means the creator created everything and abandoned it and has no influence on natural phenomenon/supernatural revelations.Agnosticism is basically being unaware of God.Its almost like atheism but isnt.

Answer 5

Deist say the nature of the Universe indicates there is a god. They sort of buy the Intelligent Design argument. But they don't think anyone can really know anything about him.

Agnostics think that it is impossible to tell if there is a god or not.

Answer 6

Deists believe in a god who created the universe, but no longer interacts with it.

An agnostic believes that there is not sufficient evidence to form an opinion on the existence of god.

Answer 7

Try Wikipedia.

Answer 8

Deity means God
Agnostic means not sure

Answer 9

The term "Deism" originally referred to a belief in one deity, as contrasted with the belief in no God (Atheism) and belief in many Gods (Polytheism). During the later 17th century, the meaning of "Deism" began to change. It referred to forms of radical Christianity - belief systems that rejected miracles, revelation, and the inerrancy of the Bible. Currently, Deism is generally no longer associated with Christianity or any other established religion. Then, as now, Deism is not a religious movement in the conventional sense of the world. There is no Deistic network of places of worship, a priesthood or hierarchy of authority.

Deism was greatly influential among politicians, scientists and philosophers during the later 17th century and 18 century, in England, France Germany and the United States.

Early Deism was a logical outgrowth of the great advances in astronomy, physics, and chemistry that had been made by Bacon, Copernicus, Galileo, etc. It was a small leap from rational study of nature to the application of the same techniques in religion. Early Deists believed that the Bible contained important truths, but they rejected the concept that it was divinely inspired or inerrant. They were leaders in the study of the Bible as a historical (rather than an inspired, revealed) document. Lord Herbert of Cherbury (d. 1648) was one of the earliest proponents of Deism in England. In his book "De Veritate," (1624), he described the "Five Articles" of English Deists:

-Belief in the existence of a single supreme God
-Humanity's duty to revere God
-Linkage of worship with practical morality
-God will forgive us if we repent and abandon our sins
-Good works will be rewarded (and punishment for evil) both in life and after death

Other European Deists were Anthony Collins (1676-1729), Matthew Tindal (1657-1733). J.J. Rousseau (1712-1778) and F.M.A. de Voltaire (1694-1778) were its leaders in France.

Many of the leaders of the French and American revolutions followed this belief system, including John Quincy Adams, Ethan Allen, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison Thomas Paine, and George Washington. Deists played a major role in creating the principle of separation of church and state, and the religious freedom clauses of the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.

We have been unable to find estimates of the number of Deists in North America. Although both the U.S. and Canada census document religious affiliations, many Deists are listed under Freethinkers, Humanists, persons of no religion, etc. Many Deists who feel a need to join a spiritual community of searchers for truth become members of congregations associated with the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Deists base their belief in the existence of God on their observations of design found throughout nature. The Discovery Institute in Seattle, WA share this belief and developed their theory of Intelligent Design as an alternative theory of origins to compete with Creationism and Evolution.

Most Deists believe that God created the universe, "wound it up" and then disassociated himself from his creation. Some refer to Deists as believing in a God who acts as an absentee landlord or a blind watchmaker. A few Deists believe that God still intervenes in human affairs from time to time.

-They do not view God as an entity in human form.
-They believe that one cannot access God through any organized religion, set of beliefs, rituals, sacraments or other practice.
-God has not selected a chosen people (e.g. Jews or Christians) to be the recipients of any special revelation or gifts.
-Deists deny the existence of the Trinity as conceived by Christians. They often view Jesus as a philosopher, rabbi, teacher and healer, but not as the Son of God.
-They believe that miracles do not happen. The "world operates by natural and self-sustaining laws of the creator." 2
-A practical morality can be derived from reason without the need to appeal to religious revelation and church dogma. "Most Deists believe humans are too innately noble to require supernatural coercion and threats of eternal damnation to behave morally."
-Most Deists view God as having departed from nature. Thus, prayer makes no sense to them. However, some pray to express their appreciation to God for his works. The latter generally do not ask for special privileges, or try to assess the will of God through prayer, or ask God to perform miracles.
-Most Deists do not actively evangelize the public.

Agnosticism is a concept, not a full religion. It is a belief related to the existence or non-existence of God. However, many people have started with an Agnosticism, and have added a moral code, rituals and other items to create a belief system with many of the attributes of a religion.

When asked what their religion is, many Agnostics will reply "Agnostic." Since so many Agnostics regard this as their religion, we have a policy of capitalizing the term out of respect, as we do for all religions on this web site. This is not often seen on the Internet, but we feel that it is appropriate.

Agnosticism implies uncertainty about the existence of God. The basic problem here is that there are many answers to the question "Does God exist?" However there is only this one term available to cover all of the meanings. Some of today's possible overlapping answers to the question are:

I don't personally know.
I don't know but will lead my life in the assumption that no God exists.
I don't know but will lead my life assuming that God does exist.
I cannot give an opinion because there is no way that we can prove the existence or non-existence of God given currently available knowledge.
I cannot give an opinion because there is no way to know, with certainty, anything about God, now and in the future.
Yes, God exists. But we do not know anything about God at this time.
Yes, God exists. But we have no possibility of knowing anything about God, now or in the future.

Ultimately, the term "Agnostic" is something like "Christianity." Both refer to a wide diversity of belief systems, but in many cases, an individual asserts that their particular definition is the only fully valid one.

The one principle linking all meanings of "Agnostic" is that God's existence can neither be proved nor disproved, on the basis of current evidence. Agnostics note that some theologians and philosophers have tried to to prove, for millennia, that God exists. Others have attempted to prove that God does not exist. Agnostics feel that neither side has convincingly succeeded at their task.

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Answer 10

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