Deism
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Deism is a belief that God created the Universe, and consequently Earth, but left everything else to its own devices.
Many deists believe that the "big bang" was initiated by a god (of their choice), and everything that happened since is the consequence of scientific laws "created" at the same time.
Deism arose as a belief that natural reason was enough to know about God, and that God does not communicate directly to Man, and that specifically excludes Scriptures as a privileged source of knowledge, but does not exclude divine Providence.
This gradually changed into its contemporary meaning that God has no influence on the running of the universe — i.e., intervening in our daily lives — and the later deists said, "Well, she's obviously not messing with every little thing. She must have set it spinning and just let it go on its own." They believe God must have existed because they didn't see any other way that the universe and life could be here.
Well known deists throughout history include Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and for much of his adult life, Thomas Jefferson.
