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To: ThinkDifferent

Well, no, to the best of my knowledge. The definition of `deists' and `theists' were argued during the Age of Enlightment in the eighteenth century. Both posited something like the `indifferent watchmaker' versus the `concerned watchmaker' wherein the universe was created and then merely observed by its Maker.

Neither was interested in any form of organized ritual of worship.


176 posted on 08/01/2006 6:39:49 PM PDT by elcid1970
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To: elcid1970
My understanding (which the dictionary backs me up on FWIW) is that "theism" just refers to a belief in one or more gods. So all Christians are theists but not all theists are Christians.
184 posted on 08/01/2006 6:52:20 PM PDT by ThinkDifferent
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