Deist and Theist

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Deist noun - A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it.

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Theist and deist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Theist" instead a noun "Deist".

Nearby Words: deity, deism

Theist noun - One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.

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Deist and theist are semantically related. You can use "Deist" instead a noun "Theist".

It's said that everyone is either a theist or a deist, as defined: the theists say there's at least one god, and the deists say there's at most one god.

Source: Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions
Note that this trope really only applies to Western theist/deist religions, as Eastern religions (Buddhism, Shinto, Tao, etc.) are almost always depicted as kung-fu-slinging warrior monks (sometimes Christian/Pseudo-Christian monks can be kung-fu-slinging as well).

Source: Church Militant

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