Deism
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Deism is the belief, based solely upon logic and observation while rejecting any supernatural speculation, that a Supreme Being or God created the universe. As a philosophical position and rationalist
Lord Herbert of Cherbury, portrayed by Isaac Oliver, c. 1603–05
David Hume
Thomas Paine
On positive German God-belief (1939)
Classical theism
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Classical theism is a theological and philosophical form of theism that conceives of God as the ultimate reality, characterized by attributes such as omnibenevolence, omnipotence, and omniscience. Roo
Deism
…reason and observation of the natural world are exclusively logical, reliable, and sufficient to determine the existence of a creator God. Unlike classical theism, many Deists believe in the existence of a creator God who simply does not intervene anymore after creating the universe, again solely based on rational…
Thomas Aquinas refined the doctrine of aseity in his Summa Theologica.
Irenaeus (c. 125–c. 202) introduced classical theism into Christian theology along with Clement of Alexandria.
Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BCE–c. 50 CE) introduced classical theism into Jewish theology.
Al-Kindi (c. 801–c. 873) introduced classical theism into Islamic theology.