Emphasis Preaching Journal

Thomas Jefferson was a deist. Deism rejects supernatural revelation and the intimate involvement of God in Creation. Though deists have a concept of God, they believe that reason and natural laws govern the world. This is often why deism is referred to as the "first cause." God was the principal act, the first cause, in Creation, but then distanced himself. This is also why deism is often referred to as the "clockmaker god." Just as one winds up a clock and lets it run its course, they believe that God wound up Creation and similarly let it tick off on its own.