Why not deism?

[Inqwizitor]

Deism was largely used in pre Darwin times when people didn't want to have anything  to do with religion and yet there was no other way to explain the beginnings of life so they had to acknowledge the minimal attributes like prime mover and life force.

But why aren't people today choosing deism instead of Jesus? Some are and these people are called agnostics and some are deists/ agnostics but are not aware of it, like when they speak of God living in another dimension.

But also problem with deists God is that he is very boring and people want God to excite them to hate gay people, people of other religions, who is pro gun, pro nationalism, etcetera.

My understanding is that naturalism does not explain the origin of life, let alone the universe. Deism is an easy shrug that says, OK, so there is something that must exist and is not metaphysically contingent; we don't know what, and we probably never will. Life is short and then you die. Whatever it is that exists will go on without you and doesn't particularly care about you. I guess many agnostics now are actually deists, though they don't really care about the arguments.

Melding politics and God is the bane of religion. Atheists are right to demand a separation of church and state. "Render unto Caesar" etc. Christians were called atheists originally for the same reason, though modernity has inverted the positions.

Great point re: deism is boring. Hadn't thought of that.