Revision D

2022-02-03

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - deism & theism

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Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง deism = “DEE-iz-uhm”

ออกเสียง theism = “THEE-iz-uhm”

            

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:

deism & theism

Deism is a belief in the existence of God 

based on reason but rejecting supernatural revelation.

 

Theism is belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe without rejection of superhuman forces and manifestations

Thomas Jefferson considered himself a deist. 

A follower of Christianity or Judaism is a Theist.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

deism

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Belief in God based on reason rather than revelation 

or the teaching of any specific religion is known as deism.

 

The word originated in England in the early 17th century 

as a rejection of orthodox Christianity

Deists asserted that reason could find evidence of God in nature 

and that God had created the world 

and then left it to operate under the natural laws devised by God. 

 

By the late 18th century, 

deism was the dominant religious 

attitude among Europe’s educated classes

it was accepted by many upper-class Americansof the same era,

including the first three US presidents.