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> what if I'm wrong about everything? It's a lot to consider

Yes, it is, but you need to recognize there are no definitive answers either way. The Age of Reason is a good introduction to Deism and a book I highly recommend you read if you're interested in Deism, it deals with a lot of the questions you have asked.

> why does Jesus have to be divine to be worshipped/followed?

This is often an idea synonymous with Christian Deists, that Christ did a lot of good in the world and this is reason enough to follow him and his moral teachings, he doesn't have to be divine. Read the Jefferson Bible It focuses on Christ's humanity, his morals, and all the good he did in the world, without all the supernatural passages.


> fear/guilt over dismissing his divinity......... Oh, God left AFTER Jesus (A close friend proposed this belief.)

Jesus being 'God in the flesh' causes numerous problems for Deism, most notably because it is a claim that God interacted with people in the world and revealed himself to mankind in the form of Christ.

However, when you say God no longer intervened AFTER Christ, you still have numerous problems to contend with when you try to fit those beliefs into Deism:

• If you know Christ is God, you are making the claim that you know God, you know God's characteristics, and you know who He is.
  
• You're believing in revelation; so you're no longer looking to nature and your own reasoning for your beliefs.
  
• The idea of the Holy Spirit especially causes lots problems to Deism, because if you believe in the HS as the 3rd person of the trinity, then you do have God/HS interacting and intervening in the world and swaying people towards belief. You cannot then argue that God does not intervene.