In English, the words deist and theist were originally synonymous, but by the 17th century the terms started to diverge in meaning. [29] The term deist with its current meaning first appears in English in Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621).

2018年3月26日 · A large number of United States' early founding fathers were deists or had strong deist leanings. Some of them identified themselves as Unitarians—a non-Trinitarian form of Christianity that emphasized rationality and skepticism.

2025年2月27日 · The high point of Deist thought occurred in England from about 1689 through 1742, during a period when, despite widespread counterattacks from the established Church of England, there was relative freedom of religious expression following upon the Glorious Revolution that ended the rule of James II and brought William III and Mary II to the ...

The meaning of DEISM is 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.

2022年4月19日 · Several famous figures have been classified as deists including Mozart, Thomas Jefferson, and William Hogarth. Before writing some of the most influential apologetic prose of the 20 th Century, even C.S. Lewis was a deist before his conversion.

2022年2月9日 · A deist believes that God exists and created the world, but does not interfere with His creation. Deists deny the Trinity, the inspiration of the Bible, the deity of Christ, miracles, and any supernatural act of redemption or salvation.

Unlike the God of Scripture, the deist God was remarkably distant; after designing his clock, he simply wound it up and let it run. At the same time, his benevolence was evidenced by the astounding precision and beauty of his workmanship.