The Question of the Fall - Is There a Compassionate God?

In the eighteenth century, god was thought of as a kind of cele tial manager or chief executive officer. The problem is that it does assume this god and world weren't there anywhere. And when we look at the god whom we see in jesus, we do see a god of extraordinary compassion. In other words, here's the real reset we need to do to address eighteenth century deism for what it is - an attempt to squeezegod out of the picture.