The next view of God Curt Cloninger gives in his film Godviews is "God the Old Timer." In this view God is the old man with the long gray beard. He used to be really active in His creation, but now He just sits on the porch and watches. God wound up the universe like a watch and now is just sitting back watching it unwind. He is retired and He neither wants much from us nor offers much to us. This view was popular with the philosophers. It is also known as Deism. It states that God exists but isn't directly involved in the world. Deists look at creation and see the need for a creator, but don't see Him active in its day to day activities.
The Bible is in complete opposition to this view of God. In fact the Bible is an account of God interfering in His creation. On almost every page of the Bible you will read of God being actively involved in the happenings of this world. We may not understand what God is doing, but that shouldn't cause us to doubt His existence. Whether we see it or not, God is orchestrating all that goes on in creation.
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