Einstein the Agnostic? actually theist or deist (Agnosticism)

by dhw, Thursday, March 30, 2017, 13:31 (2577 days ago) @ David Turell

QUOTE: 9. “'The more I study science the more I believe in God.” (Einstein, as cited in Holt 1997). (David's bold)

dhw ("Evolution and God", 22 March at 12.33): Einstein may also have been a deist, which again tells us nothing about the mechanisms for evolution.

David’s comment: Note my bold at #9. Science brings one to God. He sounds more theist than deist to me.

dhw: With your insistence on your God hiding himself, and on not attributing any human qualities to him, and on having him merely observe us trying to solve the problems he has set us, you sound more deist than theist to me.

DAVID: A deist God is one who starts everything and then is virtually absent. My view is still theist: He is around and participating despite the limits you note in my approach.

If he remains hidden but you think he is observing us, and you do not know of any human attributes, how - and I might also ask why - do you think he is participating?