Given the chance to ask any question to a cultural icon, what would it be? Given that there are DMs and a celebrity can easily be tagged in a tweet, Stephen King gets many, many questions, and he’s one of the few who actually answers them. Recently, the famed author was asked if he is a deist, and his answer is not only humorous but epic.
The famous author known for his horror has a beautiful catalog of work that began in 1967 when he sold his first short story, “The Glass Floor,” to Startling Mystery Stories. He continued to sell short stories until the fourth novel he ever wrote, Carrie, was accepted for publishing by Doubleday in 1973. Thus began a long, distinguished career that includes classics like ‘Salem’s Lot, Stand by Me, The Dark Tower books, Cujo, Firestarter, The Green Mile, and It. Recently, he’s built a social media following that embraces his frank and oftentimes hilarious takes on mainstream culture.
A deist? Stephen King? Based on natural religion, deism is the discovery of religious truths through reasoning rather than through scripture or via the prophets. That’s the simple answer for it. When asked if he was, what did King have to say?
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— Eric Pellinen (@EricPellinen) January 29, 2023
It could have been a typo. That happens all the time, and he’s already a King. Could the source have meant deity?
They just misspelled deity.
— PoisonOkie (@roadhunter) January 28, 2023
It doesn’t do any good to deny it.
— Mark Tobin ✨ (@marktobindesign) January 28, 2023
Someone’s been obsessively paying attention to every interview dating back to 1967.
Steve had spoken about his spirituality in interviews and his writing. It’s also somewhat inplanted in The Dark Tower saga. Forces for order and forces for chaos exist, and we can be an agent of either.
— Joel Schwartz (he/him) (@DrJoelSchwartz) January 29, 2023
Finally, someone catches on to the humor.
I see what you did there. 😉
— Wayne Benner ☮️🐅🏁🎼🎹🎺💉💉💉💙👣 (@TygrHawk) January 29, 2023
Responding with God in his answer, that’s just too good. Whether he believes or he just said it in gest, it doesn’t matter as long as he keeps writing great stories, and Hollywood keeps making movies out of them.