Deism! (and pantheism and Pandeism, and polypanendeism...)

[Cinjin]

Why would a deity want/need to create a universe at all?

Same reason we create. Because it's what we do.

Keep in mind Void that you have to take the Xtian characteristics of perfection and omnipotence out of the equation as well.

None of it really matters to me though. As soon as someone makes a claim that they KNOW why God would do something or that they even know who he is, automatically gets stamped with a disregard policy from me. Theorizing is fine. I do it often, but making claims of truth is unacceptable to me.


Any answer I have for someone is going to be my own conjecture with an attached disclaimer that reminds them that I simply do not know.
I speak only for myself, not deists, when I say: In my opinion, belief in God IS illogical ........... doesn't change the fact that I choose to do so.
Foolish? Perhaps. Paradox? Definitely. Hypocritical? Slightly. Satisfying? Completely.