I would ask wikipedia, but I want to know from a diest.
2007-04-03 12:44:18 · 8 answers · asked by Awesome-O 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
most of the answers i've read so far are accurate.
i am a deist. we do believe that a natural god most likely exists. but he doesn't flood planets and mass-murder everyone on a planetary scale, and impregnate women, and rain fire on gay people, etc.
no, we do not believe that any of the man made cults on earth (bible/christianity, islam, etc) explain god accurately.
we do not think that people can mumble into their hands and talk to god. that (prayer) is simply sign of an ego problem, as well as a total waste of time to pretend to talk to god. we don't think he appears to us in bleeding stautes or grilled cheese sandwiches.
2007-04-03 12:51:14 · answer #1 · answered by Phyllis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a deist but a deist is someone who believes that God set the universe in motion and just stepped back and lets things happen. A deist doesn't believe that God interacts with humanity. The "god" of a deist is a distant mysterious god who remains aloof from human affairs.
2007-04-03 19:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Ben Franklin was one. Thomas Jefferson also
Anyway, don't trust Wikipedia. It can be edited by anyone.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source de·ism (dÄ'Äz'Ém, dÄ'-) Pronunciation Key
n. The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.
2007-04-03 19:49:25 · answer #3 · answered by rangedog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A deist believes that there is a god, but not in God Himself.
The deist believes that god set the world in motion, and then left it to wind down without His interference, no miracles, no Jesus, no personal involvement in the processes of the world.
2007-04-03 19:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a movement or system of thought advocating natural religion, emphasizing morality, and in the 18th century denying the interference of the Creator with the laws of the universe
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
2007-04-03 19:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Eartha Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a Rational belief that was advocated by many philosophes during the 1700s that felt that a Creator did exist but isolated himself from the Earth. That Creator was like a clockmaker that removed himself from his creation.
2007-04-03 19:56:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who believes God created the universe, but does not interact with it (no divine revelation, no miracles, etc.)
2007-04-03 19:50:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who talks about God.
2007-04-03 19:49:14 · answer #8 · answered by Wisdom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋