Deism

Deism ( or ; derived from the Latin term deus, meaning "god") is the philosophical position and rationalistic theology that rejects prophecies, revelations, and religious texts as legitimate or reliable sources of divine knowledge, and instead asserts that empirical reason and observation of the natural world are exclusively logical, reliable, and sufficient to determine the existence of a Supreme Being as the creator of the universe.

Pandeism, or pan-deism, is a theological doctrine that combines aspects of pantheism with aspects of deism. Unlike classical deism, which holds that the creator deity does not interfere with the universe after its creation, pandeism holds that such an entity became the universe and ceased to exist as a separate entity. Pandeism (as it relates to deism) purports to explain why God would create a universe and then appear to abandon it, and pandeism (as it relates to pantheism) seeks to explain the origin and purpose of the universe.

English-language compilation of deistic pamphlets by Thomas Paine; accuses that the Christian Church is corrupt, rejects miracles and the sanctity of the Bible, promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-god and reason in favor of revelation

state religion during the French Revolution

type of theology providing arguments for the existence of God based on reason and ordinary experience of nature (as opposed to revealed theology, based on scripture and/or religious experience, or transcendental theology, based on a priori reasoning)

1820 book constructed by Thomas Jefferson

creator god who largely retires from the world and is no longer involved in its daily operation

teleological argument which states that a design implies a designer

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thumb|Le culte naturel ('The Natural Cult'), a print depicting the baptism of a child by an assembly of Theophilanthropists.Engraving by Jean-Baptiste Mallet, Paris, 1797.

In Nazi Germany, gottgläubig () was a Nazi religious term for a form of non-denominationalism and deism practised by those German citizens who had officially left Christian churches but professed faith in some higher power or divine creator. Such people were called Gottgläubige ("believers in God"), and the term for the overall movement was Gottgläubigkeit ("belief in God"); the term denotes someone who still believes in a God, although without having any institutional religious affiliation. These Nazis were not favourable towards religious institutions of their time, nor did they tolerate ath

A non-denominational person or organization is one that does not follow (or is not restricted to) any particular or specific religious denomination.

'''''L'Ingénu ( , , ), sometimes subtitled The Sincere Huron''''' in English, is a satirical novella by the French philosopher Voltaire, published in 1767.

The Abrahamites (not to be confused with the descendants of the patriarch Abraham, i.e. the Northern Arabs and Jews) were a sect of deists in Bohemia in the 18th century, who professed to be followers of the pre-circumcised Abraham. Believing in one God, but rejecting the Trinity, original sin, and the perpetuity of punishment for sin, they contented themselves with the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer. Declining to be classed either as Christians or Jews, they were excluded from the edict of toleration promulgated by Emperor Joseph II in 1781, and deported to various parts of the countr

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1746 essay by Denis Diderot

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American folk religion

designation of governmental religious references and practices deemed to be mere ritual and non-religious through long customary usage