Non religious theists?

[Welsh cake]

In the months/years before I deconverted to deism, then Atheism, I confronted my religious teachers and when they failed to provide the answers sought (Problem of evil, How can God be good if he created Hell? Etc) I promptly quit church-going thereafter. I still held onto my cherished indoctrinated beliefs of God and Jesus. I would research the Bible desperate for answers to the logical contradictions within the scriptures, but not once did I pray then, or make an exhibition out of what I was doing.

If anyone asked, I'd say my former-self during that time was still a theist but hardly a 'religious theist', I practiced nothing in public and did everything in private.