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Deism is the belief that God dose not intervene in the world, because it is self-sustaining, perfect. This is an old heresy. Deism is incorrect for five reasons:
- God created the world, so only He can sustain it. A finite world cannot sustain itself, because it neither has the power nor the energy. Only an omnipotent infinite being can sustain it, so the same Lord who created all things, sustains all things. What is more, if the world could sustain itself, it would have to logically be God, because God is Existence and existence alone is self-existent.
- God did not create a perfect world but a world on a journey to perfection. This is evident in many ways: the Big Bang, evolution, the progression of revelation through history, the way the human mind works, etc. Creation has yet to be consummed, and God orders all things to this end. God is Love and love wills the greater good of its beloved.
- God promises to always be with man. He promises redemption to fallen man, He says His Name is I AM, He promises fidelity to Israel even as she sinned against Him, and He promises to always be with the Church and the world - even to the end of the ages. Now God is Truth and the truth cannot deceive or be deceived.
- God instituted the Holy Eucharist, and just as He changed the bread and wine into Himself, so shall He change the world into His Likeness: i.e., He became incarnate so that all things might become like God. If the world was already perfect, there be no need for the Eucharist, and if there was no need for the Eucharist, neither would there be a need for Judaism, sacrifices, or holocausts. In Christ Jesus, He makes all things new, just as He makes the species into Christ.
- God performs miracles and sometimes permits His saints to come down on Earth. He allows His Queen to visit every nation which He has given to her, and He chases away every illness and every devil with His Mercy. The greatest miracles He performs are those of conversion and of Transubstantion. Now if God did not intervene in the world, how than could He perform His mighty works to His glory? And if He allowed the world to sustain itself, how could there be miracles at all?