Steve, If you believe in a God that listens to and answers your prayers, you are a Theist.
If you believe a god cast the die that put the universe in motion and walked away, you are a Deist.
You're telling me stuff I already know. The point was that the definition of a deist our friend DD offered is inadequate.
Steve.
"I was a deerhunter long before I was a man." ~Gene Wensel's Come November (2000) "A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." ~Theodore Roosevelt