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  • noun Alternative spelling of deist.

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Examples

  • According to a Deist publication, a Deist is "One who believes in the existence of a God or supreme being but denies revealed religion, basing his belief on the light of nature and reason."

    Sound Politics: Onward Christian Soldiers 2006

  • Craft Masonry may thus be described as Deist in character, but not in the accepted sense of the word which implies the rejection of Christian doctrines.

    Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

  • I like the current paragraph -- yours, I think -- beginning with "He was called a Deist because ..."

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In Volume Il, p. 60, he says vaguely that "Hogarth can best be called a Deist" ” which seems to me an altogether more dubious basis for his extreme interpretation of these images as evidence of Deist ridicule of Christian myths.

    Lenin's Paintings 2009

  • As for a freethinker or infidel, he was pointed at in the streets; and if a man had even seen a "Deist," he spoke of it as if he had beheld a murderer.

    Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • I have lived a 'Deist', what I shall die I know not; however, come what may, 'ridens moriar'.

    The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • "Deist" God does not provide a firm foundation for natural rights, rather the

    jonrowe.blogspot.com 2009

  • 3. I regret that I didn't include "Deist" in the religious categories.

    The Speculist: Survey Results 1-9 2006

  • 3. I regret that I didn't include "Deist" in the religious categories.

    The Speculist: June 2006 Archives 2006

  • Here is one definition of "Deist" from dictionary.com "The belief that God has created the universe but remains apart from it and permits his creation to administer itself through natural laws.

    What's the Connection?: It's Our Country Too Debra W. Haffner 2007

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