Evolutionary Creationists should distance themselves more clearly from deism

[gbrooks9 (George Brooks)]

@Eddie

To many Christians, TE/EC sounds like: “God created the laws of nature, and set them rolling, and the universe carried on stochastically from there.” So God’s role is limited to creating matter/energy/laws in the first place, and perhaps “sustaining” matter/energy/laws by his power. That’s what EC/TE often sounds like to many Christians, and that’s why many of them resist it.

@Eddie

Perhaps some BioLogos supporters would find it easier to point out that we are not supporting Deism . . . as long as we insist that God interacts with humanity in Real Time through communion and prayer and providence … and not as some far off and impersonal “watch maker” God.

I think many in the BioLogos camp would be more comfortable specifying This viewpoint rather than speaking about specifics in God’s role in Evolution.