Worldview: Deism (DEISM)

Canonical source

Extracted theses (commitments)

  • DEISM-1 (Epistemology/Theology): “Natural religion”: core religious knowledge is inborn or can be acquired by reason. E-023
  • DEISM-2 (Epistemology): Religious knowledge is rejected insofar as it depends on revelation or church teaching. E-024
  • DEISM-3 (Theology): God’s role is primarily creation in accordance with rational laws; after creation, God does not (or rarely) intervene in nature/human affairs (as contrasted with theism). E-025