My cousin is a deist and says the same thing. Derp.

Interesting. I had never heard of deism.

I tend to think of God as an intelligence that manifests itself, rather than "creates" things. I guess it amounts to the same thing.

The idea that this intelligence steps aside to let it run on its own is a good one. Sort of like a scientist who designs a genetically engineered plant, then plants it and lets it grow on its own.

From Wiki:

Deism (i/ˈdiːɪzəm/ US dict: dē′·ĭzm)[1][2] in the philosophy of religion is the standpoint that reason and observation of the natural world, without the need for organized religion, can determine that the universe is a creation and has a creator. Furthermore, the term often implies that this supreme being does not intervene in human affairs or suspend the natural laws of the universe. Deists typically reject supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, tending to assert that a god (or "the Supreme Architect") does not alter the universe by (regularly or ever) intervening in the affairs of human life. This idea is also known as the Clockwork universe theory, in which a god designs and builds the universe, but steps aside to let it run on its own. Deists believe in the existence of a god without any reliance on revealed religion, religious authority or holy books. Two main forms of deism currently exist: classical deism and modern deism.

Scientists in South Africa say they have discovered a potential missing link in the evolutionary chain, after they claim to have found the fossilised remains of our earliest ancestors

Until now it was believed that our earliest identifiable ancestors were Homo habilis or Homo rudolfensis, fossils found in East Africa.

But the newly discovered creature, described in five papers in the journal Science today, is several hundred thousand years older.
Prof Lee Berger, from the University of the Witwatersrand


Australopithecus sediba


<----- looks like my X husband