deism
suomi-englanti sanakirjadeism englannista suomeksi
deismi
Substantiivi
deism englanniksi
A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.
{{quote-text|en|year=1682|author=John Dryden|title=Religio Laici, Or A Layman's Faith
{{quote-text|en|year=1847|author=Julius Charles Hare; Augustus William Hare|title=Guesses at Truth|page=39
{{quote-text|en|year=2009|author=Diarmaid MacCulloch|title=A History of Christianity|page=786|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2010
Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos.
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