Deism is a belief in God as revealed by nature and reason, not scripture and faith. Deism is a free-thought philosophy, much like Agnosticism, Atheism or Pantheism in that it rejects the dogmas and superstitions of religion in favor of individual reason and empirical observation of the universe. The Deist sees an order and architecture to the universe that indicates an Intelligent Creator or First Cause. ...
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I am not sure if this definition is the one you were using, Wolfgang. Some defintiions of deist emphasize the naturalist end, while others focus on the Intelligent Creator aspect.

What is your sense of the word as you used it above?


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