Variant question: Do Deists believe in a intervening God?
Most do not. The common conclusion is that God has moved onto larger issues of creation. A few believe that the hand of God is involved in the subtle progress of the development of this earth. Even if true, such involvement is apparently so subtle that we are not aware. Food for Thought: In both engineering and artwork, we see the desire to create something larger than the artist or engineer. The creation that comes out of their efforts needs to have a life of its own, one that can function without the artist or engineer’s constant involvement. In fact, the quality of such accomplishments is often viewed inversely with how much attention is required by the creator. If an artist needs to “explain” the artwork or the engineer is always needed to keep the machine working, the creation is usually considered to be of poor quality. What then would be the point of making a universe that has no life of it’s own? Why would any being want to create something that must be micromanaged, that can’t
