Deism is belief that supreme natural God survives and formed the physical world, and that spiritual truths could be arrived at by application of cause and inspection of natural globe. Deists usually reject notion of mystic revelation as the foundation of truth or spiritual dogma. These views distinguish with dependence on the divine revelation found in a lot of Islamic, Christian as well as Judaic teachings.

Deists normally reject the majority of supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) as well as are inclined to declare that God has the plan for universe that he does not modify either by superseding in affairs of individual life or hanging the natural laws of universe. What organized religions see as heavenly revelation plus holy books, the majority deists see as analysis made by other humans, more willingly than as reliable sources.

Deism turned prominent in 17th as well as 18th centuries in the Age of Enlightenment, particularly in United Kingdom, US and France, mostly amongst those raised as the Christians who found that they can not believe in a triune God, the religion of Jesus, miracles, or inerrancy of scriptures; however who did consider in one God. Originally it did not shape any congregations, however in time deism sturdily inclined other spiritual groups, like Unitarianism, as well as Unitarian Universalism, that emerged from it. It sustains to this day in type of classical deism and contemporary deism.

Deism is the theological position (although encompassing a broad range of view-points) regarding God's relationship with natural world which appeared in the technical revolution of 17th century Europe as well as came to exercise an influential influence in 18th Century enlightenment. Deism seizes that although God formed natural world in starting, he does not interfere with its performance in any way, permitting it to run as per the laws of the nature which he configured when he formed all things. God is therefore conceived to be completely inspiring plus never immanent. For Deists, individuals could know God devoid of relying on the revelation or any other supernatural manifestations (like the miracles). Deism could even refer to the personal set of faiths having to do with role of nature in religion.

Conversely, Deism could be a belief in divinity absent any doctrinal supremacy or precise meaning of nature of such divinity. Deism could be alike to naturalism. Thus, Deism would usually provide credit to creation of universe and life to higher power that by design permits only normal processes to rule creation.

The words theism and deism are both resultant from a word god: root of word deism is Latin word deus meaning God. The root phrase theism is Greek word theos that also means God.

            Prior to 17th century the terms ["Deism" as well as "Deist"] were used interchangeably with terms "theism" as well as "theist", correspondingly. Philosophers and Theologians of the 17th century started to provide a dissimilar meaning to words. Both asserted belief in one supreme God, the maker and settled that the God is individual and distinctive from globe.