| And since he asserts that atheism equals nihilism, and deism equals atheism lite, then I must really be a nihilist. |
| Paine was careful to contrast the tortuous twists of theology with the pure clarity of deism. |
| Originating late in 1796, this movement of intellectual, republican deism prospered in towns where dechristianization had been popular. |
| I would argue that an interventionist view of God is much closer to deism than my view. |
| Hobbes's idea of a natural religion can fairly be described as deist, and his blend of deism and civil religion was to prove prophetic of much Enlightenment thinking. |
| Put into practice, her ceremonial deism will cease to be either ceremonial or deistic. |
