Historical and modern Deism are defined by the view that reason, rather than revelation or tradition,
should be the basis of belief in God. Deists reject organized religion
and promote reason as the essential element in making moral decisions.
This "rational" basis was usually founded upon the cosmological argument (first cause argument), the teleological argument (argument from design), and other aspects of what was called natural religion.
Deism has become identified with the classical belief that God created
but does not intervene in the world, though this is not a necessary
component of deism.
