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Was John Locke, the great 17th century philosopher, a Christian, or, as many say, a deist? Striving to find the delineation shall be the focus of this paper. I will plot down the general beliefs of the deist population, then compare the views of John Locke to see if they run parallel to deism. It is my purpose to clearly show that Locke¡¦s beliefs run significantly perpendicular to the views of deism. The first and most important view of deists is the idea that God is a transcendent being that left the world to its mechanical operation after creation and does not take an interest in the affairs of man. According to James Sire, in The Universe Next Door, ¡§The God who was discovered by the deists was an architect, but not a lover or a judge or personal in any way. He simply left the world alone.¡¨ John Locke makes several interesting statements in The Reasonableness of Christianity, A Discourse of Miracles, and in The Second Treatise of Government. If Locke were to be a true deist, he must accept at least this point. But contrary to popular opinion, Locke does not accept this view of God. Consider this statement by Locke: ¡§But further, this question, Who shall judge? Cannot mean that there is no judge at al