Within the framework of deist thought, how would you account for random events like particle decay?

This isnt entirely a physics question, but i couldnt think of a better place to put it.

One of the natural consequences of believing in God or the Creator of the universe is that the world is determined to at least some extent. How then do random events fit into this framework? are they still random and "out of Gods control"? or do they just look random to us? Examples of random events: atomic decay of a single atom, localization of particles from a waveform, and single shot measurements on probablility distributions of all sorts.

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Within the framework of deist thought, how would you account for random events like particle decay?amc theater

I suppose it depends on whether your flavor of deism involves a demiurge (a limited creator god) or something closer to a theistic omnipotent God. A demiurge need only be powerful enough to set things in motion and nothing else, so randomness isn't a problem. In fact, the demiurge may not even be powerful enough to fully determine events, with randomness being a result of his limitations.

Mind you, you don't even need any kind of god or God to have philosophical problems with randomness. Belief in cause and effect is enough. In other words, if cause must precede effect, and effects must have causes, how can you have a truly random event? Shouldn't every event have a complete cause? A random event would seem to, at least in part, come out of nowhere. Be an uncaused effect. And once you allow anything at all to happen without full causation, things get dicey. (This same argument makes it hard to have free will...is one's volition something that comes from outside cause and effect?)

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Within the framework of deist thought, how would you account for random events like particle decay?

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