With such a backdrop, "deists suggested the watchmaker analogy: just as watches are set in motion by watchmakers, after which they operate according to their pre-established mechanisms, so also was the world begun by the God as creator, after which it and all its parts have operated according to their pre-established natural laws.
Con este pano de fondo, os "deístas suxeriron que a analoxía do reloxeiro: igual que os reloxos son postos en movemento polos reloxeiros, despois do cal operan de acordo cos seus mecanismos preestablecidos, así que o mundo empezou con Deus como creador, despois do cal este e todas as súas partes operan de acordo coas súas leis naturais preestablecidas.