Deistic evolution is the view that God began the process of evolution with the big bang, implementing within creation the laws that govern its development. Thus, God programmed the process and then withdrew from active involvement with the world.
God is the Creator, the ultimate cause, but evolution is the means, the proximate cause. From a deist perspective, once creation began, we deny that there is any direct activity by God during the ongoing creative process. Deistic evolution has no difficulty with the scientific evidence.
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