Which ideas are part of the theory of deism? Check all that apply. A) God created the Earth and the universe. B) God grants monarchs the right to rule. C) God does not interfere with people's lives. D) The church should have a major role in society. E) The church should be monitored by the government.

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Which ideas are part of the theory of deism? Check all that apply. A) God created the Earth and the universe. B) God grants monarchs the right to rule. C) God does not interfere with people's lives. D) The church should have a major role in society. E) The church should be monitored by the government.

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Bernard Cook · Answer 1

The correct items:

A) God created the Earth and the universe.

C) God does not interfere with people's lives.

Deism and rational religion were popular approaches to religion by philosophical thinkers during the Enlightenment. John Locke was one of the early proponents of this sort of approach to thinking about God. Deists (or we could say "God-ists") believed in God, but as a rather remote Being who had created the universe by his power and embedded in it natural laws that allowed it to run on its own from there. Some have compared it to viewing God as the "great watchmaker" who designed the universe as a perpetual watch or clock that could run on from there without needing his personal intervention in daily affairs of earthly life.