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While an Ietsist may say they believe in a ''something'' it should not be readily concluded that they believe in a god, per se. An individual Ietsist may believe in something more akin to a binding essence within the universe or in a 'clockmaker' creator similar to what a [[Deist|deist]] would.
 
While an Ietsist may say they believe in a ''something'' it should not be readily concluded that they believe in a god, per se. An individual Ietsist may believe in something more akin to a binding essence within the universe or in a 'clockmaker' creator similar to what a [[Deist|deist]] would.
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Note: An Ietsist is not a Letsist with a lowercase l.
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==How an Ietsist explains his beliefs==
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"There is something, but I don't know what it is. But there must surely be something. Not nothing. Something. I don't know what that something is, but that there is something, of that I am sure. I think."
  
 
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Revision as of 11:47, 12 June 2011

Ietsism can be summed up wholly as a belief or a theory that there is some sort of higher force, or more to the universe than meets the eye. It is derived from the Dutch word iets meaning something, literally, and indeed the term had originated in the Netherlands, which is full of wonderful things.

While an Ietsist may say they believe in a something it should not be readily concluded that they believe in a god, per se. An individual Ietsist may believe in something more akin to a binding essence within the universe or in a 'clockmaker' creator similar to what a deist would.

Note: An Ietsist is not a Letsist with a lowercase l.

How an Ietsist explains his beliefs

"There is something, but I don't know what it is. But there must surely be something. Not nothing. Something. I don't know what that something is, but that there is something, of that I am sure. I think."