I can respect deism on two counts.
1: They put God into only one gap, and it is a gap into which only blind speculation will exist for the foreseeable future. Deism is Creationism which makes no active effort to contradict science.
2: They do not attempt to invent 'God's will' or enforce any kind of social or behavioral code based on this invention.
I don't agree with deism, but it's as inoffensive as theism can possibly be.
1: They put God into only one gap, and it is a gap into which only blind speculation will exist for the foreseeable future. Deism is Creationism which makes no active effort to contradict science.
2: They do not attempt to invent 'God's will' or enforce any kind of social or behavioral code based on this invention.
I don't agree with deism, but it's as inoffensive as theism can possibly be.