How to pronounce “deist” in English

I flew to the Moon not so much to go there, but as part of developing the system that would allow it to happen."And I know he's a deist, because I talked to him about it.

Voltaire and Rousseau both believed in God, although they had no use for scripture.They were what the 18th century called deists.And Diderot thought you could only think your greatest and most outrageous thoughts if you thought beyond God, after God.

came after the book was published and, therefore, is not in the book.And he more or less announced that I had become a deist--

process and then we got to this point in the interview.Steve: I've heard you call yourself a deist.Wilson: Yea, I don't wanna be called an atheist.

I flew to the Moon not so much to go there, but as part of developing the system that would allow it to happen."And if you need a lot of famous deists, deism sort of grows out of the 18th century enlightenment.

I flew to the Moon not so much to go there, but as part of developing the system that would allow it to happen."As I said, he was a deist.

I flew to the Moon not so much to go there, but as part of developing the system that would allow it to happen."Like I said, he was a deist.

I flew to the Moon not so much to go there, but as part of developing the system that would allow it to happen."And on religious affiliation, he wrote deist.

beliefs a little bit to explain that world around me and I'm a very confused individual because of that but um one ofthe things that that a lot of these people have in common I guess you call them deists at the leastU like if you look at um Charles Darwin everybody everybody

came after the book was published and, therefore, is not in the book.made the mistake of saying the best argument I could think of for the existence of a God would be a deistic God who

In fact, your book presents this development of AI and the dream of AGI in this very ancient contextsaid this, "My first struggle was to believe in God, not a pantheist God who is entirely enclosed within nature or a deist

I flew to the Moon not so much to go there, but as part of developing the system that would allow it to happen."And he said, this Neil Armstrong sounds like a great-- seems like a great guy, but what's deist?

Steve: So, that's the distinction between theism and deism, and so-- Wilson: That is the distinction between-- Steve: in, in, in-- Wilson: So, I'm not a theist, but I'll be a provisional deist.Steve: But now, just so I understand this, to be a deist, you're saying that maybe there was some creators, some presence that--Wilson: Wait. Well, maybe. That has not been-- Steve: says the laws of-- Wilson: discounted. That's not discounted yet as a hypothesis. That's why I put the

and Heaven forefend, if there is a Heaven. But our Founding Fathers, for the most part,I mean, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and everything, they were deists. They believed that God maybe created the Heavens and the Earth and then He went MIA, or She went MIA, or somethingwent missing in action. And then it became up to us to make this shining city on the hill and this republic into a great and ideal place. And one of the things that's been the

the universe came and what is the meaning of the origin of existence? But I do feel confident there is no intervention of a deity in the origin of life and humanity.Steve: So, that's the distinction between theism and deism, and so-- Wilson: That is the distinction between-- Steve: in, in, in-- Wilson: So, I'm not a theist, but I'll be a provisional deist.Steve: But now, just so I understand this, to be a deist, you're saying that maybe there was some creators, some presence that--