Richard Dawkins: I can't be sure God does not exist

[Phil]

I understand, I'm just using your comments as the devils advocate. By what metrics would the deists god be a god? Notch up the similarities between it and our other concepts of god. I'm not trying to flame, but this is a huge issue in comparative mythology, the deist modification of claims of god completely divorcing the concept from it's origins and being on a consistent retreat (at least the western currents of deism). The position of deism in our founding fathers day, for example, was complete with what we would call "intelligent design" today. It's a god of the gaps argument, but very different from the concept that we attempted to convey with the word god. Deism fascinates me, immensely.

Where is god defined as ONLY a personal god that is active in human affairs?