I have read the Wilkipedia definition but to be honest I didn't really understand what it meant. Can someone please explain it to me in slightly simpler terms.
2007-08-24 05:20:45 · 5 answers · asked by dnbgrrly 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Deism means that you can know "God" from your experiences and reason. This means that what you experience "God" to be may be different than what I do.
Theism means that "God" revealed himself through a book and that book is the source of truth about him.
A theist would check "the book" to see if a deist was right, and a deist would use reason and personal experience to check if "the book" was right.
The problem is personal experience and reason alone can be faulty if not tested and researched and "books" that make assertions or record events without evidence or collaboration are fiction.
2007-08-24 05:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deism is basically the world according to you. However you experience "god" in nature and the world around you IS god.
As opposed to Theism... which is religion, or God, according to holy writs and texts and materials handed down by others.
2007-08-24 05:28:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Deist is someone who believes in god but doesn't believe in the divinity of Christ or in miracles. They also believe the only part of the World God had a hand in was Creation
2007-08-24 05:42:28 · answer #3 · answered by Roderick F 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DEISM is the belief that there is some sort of God. (Deity) as opposed to someone one believes there is no supreme creator (ATHEISM).
2007-08-24 05:34:00 · answer #4 · answered by parapete 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Is it English???
2007-08-24 05:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by Enid H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋