He used it as a very general umbrella term for all opposition to his own form of theism, which he defined as the "belief that the heavens and the earth and all that they contain owe their existence and continuance to the wisdom and will of a supreme, self-existent, omnipotent, omniscient, righteous, and benevolent Being, who is distinct from, and independent of, what He has created."
Ovaj termin je široko koristio kao termin za sve vrste protivljenja svojoj vrsti teizma, koji je opisao kao "vjerovanje da nebo i zemlja i sve što sadrže, duguju svoje postojanje mudrosti i volji vrhovnom, samopostojećem, svemogućem, sveznajućem, pravednom i blagonaklonom Biću, koji nezavisno djeluje od onog što je On napravio."WikiMatrix WikiMatrix