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Originally Posted by Janey
so they would be included in the group who believe in gods, creators, higher beings etc, right? (theists)
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Yes a theist.. is a deist... more or less. They beleive in some sort of a diety.
Often people confuse a persons beleif in a God who is omnipresent, or omniscient with the person being agnostic or theistic. It is unfair and damaging to do that to any person.
I'll try to give an example of what I mean, tell me if I have made my point well or not.
If I beleive that God created the world but beleive he is not all knowing, or not ever present, It does not change me from a theist to an agnostic. Many christians will try to tell you it does. In fact they will cast you in a negative light as a person for not haveing a strong faith like theirs. (not all christians are like this)
If I beleive the powerless Ball point pen sitting on my desk is a God (silly thought isn't it?) then I am a theist. The classification system presented by Yakk belongs for the purpose of classifying theists only, in my opinion.
So back to my main point... there are only three main classifications... as mentioned in my first post.