deist
Reason-based theist
A deist believes in a creator god who set the universe in motion but does not intervene in human affairs—no miracles, no answered prayers, no divine revelation.
The position was influential among Enlightenment thinkers and several American founders.
Deism contrasts with theism, which holds that God remains actively involved in the world.
One who produces something
- watchmakerTimepiece crafter and repairer
- noninterventionistOpposing foreign policy involvement
- divineOf or from gods
- supremeHighest in authority
providence · godhead · transcendent · infinite · eternal · absolute · clockwork · supernatural
French Enlightenment satirist
- PaineAnglo surname, political associations
- JeffersonThird American president
- LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher's surname
- FranklinSurname or locality
Rousseau · Hume · Spinoza · freethinker · philosophe · toleration · secularism · liberalism
Reason as knowledge source
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
metaphysics · cosmology · theodicy · teleology · ethics · morality · autonomy · humanism
creator
One who produces something
- watchmakerTimepiece crafter and repairer
- noninterventionistOpposing foreign policy involvement
- divineOf or from gods
supreme · providence · godhead · transcendent · infinite · eternal · absolute · clockwork · supernatural · monotheist
Voltaire
French Enlightenment satirist
- PaineAnglo surname, political associations
- JeffersonThird American president
- LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher's surname
Franklin · Rousseau · Hume · Spinoza · freethinker · philosophe · toleration · secularism · liberalism · freethought
rationalism
Reason as knowledge source
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
agnosticism · metaphysics · cosmology · theodicy · teleology · ethics · morality · autonomy · humanism · materialism
theist
Accepts a deity exists
orthodox · dogma · revelation · scripture · miracle · prayer · worship · clergy · sectarian · doctrine
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- faith labelsbeliever, nonbeliever, atheist, agnostic, theist
- freethinkersfreethinker, freethinkers, secularists, rationalist, rationalists
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
deisttheist
Accepts a deity exists
evangelical · fundamentalist · supernaturalist · interventionist · Pentecostal
deistatheist
One denying gods exist
nonbeliever · godless · materialist · secular humanist · antitheist
deistfundamentalist
Strict original-doctrine adherent
orthodox · traditionalist · dogmatist · mystic · prophet
- sun deityGod embodying the daystar
- Hindu deityGod of Indian religion
- guardian deityProtective divine being
- water deityDivine being governing waters
- patron deityGod protecting specific group
- household deitySpirit protecting a home