Not exact matches
The early
deists did
use an uncaring god figure as a creator model.
By
using the word «god» without adjectives to describe both a
deist, weak, small god and a full - blown god is the confusing element.
It has been
used by
Deists and others to mean a non-personal and non-interventionist «god» (some of those would hesitate to even personify «god» as a distinct «being»).
Because the way you
use the term, would mean that every single scientist would be a theist, or at least a
deist.