Philosophy Toolkit: Theism Vs. Desim

When I looked down the list in the Philosophy Toolkit the paragraph on Theism and Deism caught my attention since I considered myself to a Deist.  To me, the Universe appears to work a little too perfectly to have been built just by random chance.  But while any other theist might say that, I can't see how an omnipresent God who intervenes in our daily lives but lets thousands of pious individuals suffer and die everyday of hunger, disease, and so many other ill fates.  So instead I believe that God is some enlightened being who created the Universe and let it run its course and we are just by-products.

About Me

My name is Andrew Nelson and this is my first year at MCLA.  I am a Computer Science major with an interest in robotics that I acquired from my high school's Robotics team back in Quincy, Mass.  Philosophy has caught my attention recently after reading the book, Sophie's World, from which I began to seriously question what is reality.  As such I am considering a philosophy minor or possibly declaring a second major.