1. deist - Noun
2. deist - Adjective
3. Deist - Proper noun
One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn the tradition of the ancients and of many great thinkers of our race, I am a Deist. Echoing the words of far greater thinkers than myself, I see an intelligent motivating force throughout the universe and behind Nature's Laws. David Lane (white nationalist)
For the Arguments of the Deists which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much Stronger than the Refutations. In short I soon became a thorough Deist. Benjamin Franklin
Although he was a great reader and admirer of Spinoza, Leibniz, being a confirmed deist, rejected emphatically Spinoza's pantheism: God and nature, for Leibniz, were not simply two different "labels" for the same "thing". Source: Internet
Before Paine it had been possible to be both a Christian and a deist; now such a religious outlook became virtually untenable." Source: Internet
Constructional elements of deist thought included: * God exists and created the universe. Source: Internet
Contemporary deist opinions on prayer Many classical deists were critical of some types of prayer. Source: Internet