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

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

I hate answering a q. with a q.-but can there be random events at all in the deists' view? Doesn't that go against their omnipotent god beliefs?

If he/she isn't omnipotent then why the massive belief system?|||There are really two schools of thought in operation here. On the one hand, there is God with an overarching interest in the outcome of an event which is then influenced through Divine Probabilty in favor a particular outcome (Essentially loaded dice as a metaphor).

The other school of thought espouses the viewpoint that these events are one of a multitude of evidence in direct contraindication of any Divine anything. Clearly if Heisenberg Uncertainty prevents information from being known, period, then how could God know it? The double slit experiment shows conclusively that the effect is real, there is information which CANNOT be known - yet, supposedly God knows all (being Omnipotent) - thus Paradox.

So either it's a nail in Gods coffin - or he uses loaded dice. Neither is particularly satisfying, The faith of millions of people should not be so easily disproven, yet the thought of a cheatin' Supreme Being is slightly discomfiting.

I tend to feel more strongly for the former rather than the latter, but that's just me.|||My best answer to this question is: DON'T.

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

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