Re: Defining Deism

An extraction from the book, Adeology

From the chapter: Define God

        Now that we’ve established there are no experts regarding the belief in god, but that the belief in god does come before the practice of its religion, and, that there are more people who believe in god than do practice any religion, we can determine, and in fact I declare, that deism comes before, is the antecedent to, theism—not the other way around. Because, if God created anything at all, that, in and of itself, would be an intervention—the intervention. However, in common theist nomenclature, deism is often described as a subset of theology, because the theist often believes that “God creating us,” and then “leaving us alone,” means that that god is no longer “intervening,” and to them, that means, it is no longer a god. (See how dumb this all sounds?) In other words: typical theists believe that if god, the deity, doesn’t play a hand in your life, it isn’t a god. Fair enough. However, again, if God created anything at all, that, in and of itself, is an intervention.

…hence, adeology.