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tophat...i don't know i would agree completely. deism, as i understand it, assumes a creator who is inactive in creation.
i share the tendancy not to emphasize the role of God in physically manipulating creation: causing floods, control over day to day action, physically raising Christ from the grave, etc...
but i do not share the tendancy to see God as completely remote from the world. I'm very much a Holy Spirit kinda guy-inspiration, emotion, revelation, insight, wisdom, thought, metaphor...in these ways i see God as very much active in and loving of creation.
i think the problem i have with deism is that it isn't compelling to me. if God is good, but does not act towards those ends, i'd like to know why. And i've never gotten a good answer for that from deism. that, and my experiences point me towards experiencing God's action in the world.
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