Deism: Religion Analysis

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In this week’s assignment, I choose to the religion Deism. Deism is described as a religion that is similar to Theism, which only believes in one God, however followers of Deism also believes that there is one God, but Deism believes that God made the world and created all that exists as well as the laws of the world and that is it (Britannica, 2017). Followers of this religion believe that God has removed himself from any involvement with the world or anything that has to do with nature as well as humankind (Harper, 2013). When reading a little more from Harper, Deism says that God is on a “permanent vacation” (Harper, 2013). In other words, Deisms believes that God exists and God is the Creator of the universe, but to know God is only in

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