deism

/dee-iz-uhm/US // ˈdi ɪz əm //UK // (ˈdiːɪzəm, ˈdeɪ-) //

神论,神主义,神论主义,神学

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation.
- : belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to it.

Indeed, just last week, a cluster of polls showed that deism is on the upswing in America.
Deism is the belief in a supreme being who is a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
It is a contest in which opinions may vary in all degrees, from pure Deism to utter Ultramontanism.
Mr. Mitchell was nominally a Unitarian in his religious creed, but he held very lax notions of this theology, and verged to Deism.
Deism is a "sordid" creed, which relegates God to heaven and ignores his ever-operating life in creation.
The God, who serves as the foundation of natural religion, or deism, is himself the greatest of mysteries.
But already in high society in Germany the wind no longer set in the direction of pure Deism.