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Theists can be fundamentalist, conservative, or liberal/secular. Deists are overwhelming secular. Both of these assume the word "secular" to mean "separating religion and the state". A theist is simply a person who believes a God or gods that interact with the world periodically, e.g. personal gods. a deist is simply a person who believe that a God or gods created the universe and then abstained from acting during all of human history.

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