(n.) One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.
Example Sentences:
(1) During subsequent open prostatectomy, a condition analogous to dilation with the Deisting dilator was seen.
(2) Whether or not it would exercise that capacity was another issue, and in Empire (2003) he worried that "in the absence of formal empire it must be open to question how far the dissemination of western 'civilisation' - meaning the Protestant-Deist-Catholic-Jewish mix that emanates from modern America - can safely be entrusted to Messrs Disney and McDonald".
(3) We conclude that the indications and results obtained with the balloon dilator are similar to those with the Deisting dilator.
Theist
Definition:
(n.) One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.
Example Sentences:
(1) He had the bells play John Lennon's anti-theist song Imagine as part of an arts festival, which shocked some people but helped to restore the sense that the cathedral was connected to the city's imagination.
(2) Just a week ago, Craig Hicks, an apparently militant anti-theist murdered three American Muslim college students in Chapel Hill; the FBI and local law enforcement have opened an inquiry into the possibility that it was a hate crime .
(3) I’m an anti-theist, not an atheist … I’ve been forced to confront it by meeting people morally superior to myself, braver than myself, who live in terrible countries, or very dangerous situations, and do witness in a wonderful way for the rights of others, and are self-sacrificing.
(4) When he was president, Thomas Jefferson, a fervent theist, told a group of Baptist ministers government had no business meddling in religion.