John Earwood has written a concise description of a typical Deist's approach to deity, humanity and the rest of the universe:
"Deism rejects all of the religious scriptures and dogmas created by fallible humans, as sources of final Truth. Instead, Deists try to avoid unwarranted assumptions, and focus on what is obvious. The world of Nature is where we live and breathe and have our being. But it doesn't seem to be eternal, so someone, or something, must have created it. Since the Creator, whoever She is, does not reveal Herself to us directly,...
