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The belief that God (or some form of deity or divine creator) exists, but plays no interactive role in our day to day lives
The founding fathers of the United States were largely deists.
deism by Bill M. July 27, 2004
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pan-deism 

A group of religions similar to pan-theism, but with a deist outlook on the nature of God. Pan-deists believe that God is immanent in the universe - basically that God is everything and everything is God. However, unlike pan-theism, God is not a conscious or active being, but non-personal and non-interventory.

Diffs from panen-theism/panen-deism, which believe that even though God is immanent in the universe, he also transcends it (exists outside of it partly). Also spelt pandeism.
Oh ignore that dude, he's a pan-deist - he sees the divine in a pinecone even.

I never said that nature has a soul or conciousness - you need to read up on pan-deism to understand.

Hinduism is not pan-deistic; it's panen-theistic.
pan-deism by J.D.G. brj May 3, 2007
"From Latin Deus, God.Deity The doctrine or creed of a Deist." And Deist is defined in the same dictionary as: "One who believes in the existence of a God or supreme being but denies revealed religion, basing his belief on the light of nature and reason."
Deism by Jason Maupin August 12, 2003
The beleif that god exists, but so do scientific and logical things.

Deists beleive that, rather then God shouting dramaticly "Let there be chickens!!" *, God created the first cell which then evolved into all other life. Meanwhile God was off doing important things, like creating other universes.

*let's not get into if he prehaps created eggs first, shall we?
In Deism, you beleive that God exists, but that's just about all you think about him.
Deism by Kirti Miko July 31, 2009
Its creed is pure, and sublimely simple. It believes in God, and there it rests.
It honors reason as the choicest gift of God to man, and the faculty by which he is enabled to contemplate the power, wisdom and goodness of the Creator displayed in the creation; and reposing itself on His protection, both here and hereafter, it avoids all presumptuous beliefs, and rejects, as the fabulous inventions of men, all books pretending to revelation.

--Thomas Paine
deism by antinous February 27, 2004

defission 

n. The state of a relationship with a friend or loved one when their adamantly untreated depression becomes so burdensome that the relationship is threatened to the point of explosion, resulting in a separation. origin: an amalgamation of depression and fission.
n. The depression, worry, frustration and angst resulting from a friend or loved one's own depression, centering around your desire to help and their rejection of your help, and the feelings of sadness and helplessness you feel as the relationship suffers or even ends as a result.
v. The process of destruction of a friendship or relationship with a loved one due to their intolerable and miserable attitudes and behavior resulting from their long term, untreated depression.
"Pete and I are sinking into defission because no matter how hard I try to get him to think positive or make some positive changes in his life, he still refuses to even acknowledge that he is depressed, never mind get treated. It's like he wants to be miserable, and I just don't want to be around that kind of negative energy."

"I'm starting to feel defissioned because Sally is mad at me again for not being supportive and attacking her when I suggest that maybe it's not that people are being mean to her all the time but that her perceptions are warped from her long term depression and she really needs to treat that to solve the problems."

"Joe and I aren't talking anymore, everything is defissioning because he refuses to get his shit together and go to the frickin doctor!" (colloquial)

"Dude, you have two options: defission with all your friends, or go get help."
defission by high art February 7, 2010