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 in fact 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. However, in common theist nomenclature, and all-too-often atheist rhetoric and approach, deism is often described as a subset of theology, because the theist often believes that “god creating us,” and then “leaving us alone,” would mean that that god is no longer “intervening,” and to them, that means, it is no longer a god, or their god. Do you see how dumb and ridiculous this all sounds, dear reader? But, if god created anything at all, that, in and of itself, would be an intervention—the intervention. In other words: typical theists believe that if god, the deity, doesn’t play a hand in every element of your life, it isn’t a god. And, to that I say, fair enough. However again, if god created anything at all, and especially if god created everything, that in and of itself, is an intervention—again, the intervention. The belief in god comes before the practice of its religion. Which is why this author refers to themself as an adeist; as it encapsulates atheism by extirpating the root of belief.

…hence, adeology.