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a person who believes that God created the universe, but doesn't interfere with how it runs

She became a deist when her daughter died. Prior to that, she believed God had an active hand in every aspect of her life.

A lot of people who knew them (Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Madison) would have considered them devout. They were deist Christians.
David Holmes
Am I talking with a deist or an atheist?
Henry Fielding -- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
There is this difference between me and deistic philosophers: I believe; and I believe the Gospel.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
Many people consequently professed to what is known as Deism.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures.
Benjamin Franklin -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Am I talking with a deist or an atheist?
Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
By Deism we mean a belief that God created the world ages and ages ago, but has not revealed himself to the world since.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
It is then he will find in what mighty stead that heathen goddess, that virtue, which you and all other deists of the age adore, will stand him.
Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
That's what happened two centuries ago in the abolitionist movement, when liberal deists and conservative evangelicals joined forces to overthrow slavery.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Benjamin Franklin -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Benjamin Franklin -- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"My friends, don't get me wrong, our forefathers were deeply religious men, but they were Deists—men who believed in God, but in a universal and open-minded way.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol

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