deistic
Creator but uninvolved
Deistic describes beliefs or views associated with deism—the idea that God created the universe but does not intervene in its workings.
A deistic worldview accepts a creator but rejects miracles, revelation, and divine providence: The Founding Fathers held largely deistic views.
The term contrasts with theistic, which implies an actively involved God.
Timepiece crafter and repairer
- creatorOne who produces something
- clockmakerTimepiece craftsman
- noninterventionistOpposing foreign policy involvement
- impersonalLacking warmth or individuality
transcendent · remote · uninvolved · distant · self-sufficient · abstract · unknowable · indifferent
Basis or justification
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
logic · evidence · causation · teleology · mechanistic · determinism
French Enlightenment satirist
Controlling one's own affairs
- lawfulPermitted by statute
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
- observableCapable of being detected
watchmaker
Timepiece crafter and repairer
- creatorOne who produces something
- clockmakerTimepiece craftsman
- noninterventionistOpposing foreign policy involvement
impersonal · transcendent · remote · uninvolved · distant · self-sufficient · abstract · unknowable · indifferent · autonomous
reason
Basis or justification
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
rationalism · logic · evidence · causation · teleology · mechanistic · determinism
Voltaire
French Enlightenment satirist
self-governing
Controlling one's own affairs
- lawfulPermitted by statute
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
observable · scientific · orderly · purposeful · intelligible
deistictheistic
Accepting divine existence
interventionist · providential · theist · supernaturalist · charismatic
deisticatheistic
Denying deities exist
atheist · nontheistic · agnostic · materialist · naturalistic
deisticscriptural
Of sacred writings
fundamentalist · revealed · orthodox · dogmatic · traditionalist