Deism: About the
God who created
the universe, set it going, and then left
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Overview:
The word "Deism" is derived from the Latin word for God: "Deus."
Deism is a natural religion. Deists believe in the existence of God, on purely rational grounds, without any
reliance on revealed religion or religious authority. Because of this, Deism is
quite different from religions like Judaism,
Christianity and Islam. The latter
are based on revelations from God to prophet(s) who then taught it to humans. We
like to call natural religions as "bottom-up" faiths and revealed religions as
"top-down."
The opposite of Deism is Atheism -- the lack of a belief in god(s).
Deists:
Do not accept the belief of most
religions that God revealed himself to
humanity through the writings of the Bible, the Qur'an or other religious texts.
Disagree with strong Atheists who assert that there is no evidence of the existence of God.
Many Deists reason that since everything
that exists has had a creator, then the universe itself must have been created by God.
Thomas Paine concluded a speech shortly after the French Revolution with: "God is
the power of first cause, nature is the law, and matter is the subject acted upon."