We in the West regard the universe as a creation of God; like an invention or a product. After he created the universe, God set himself to oversee it and manage it. We see God...

My religious beliefs also defied convention, leaning towards agnosticism and pandeism.

Panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations.

And you have been forever, and will be forever, and all the worrisome smashings of your foot on innocent cupboard doors it was only the Void pretending to be a man pretending not to know...

This one god could be of the deistic or pantheistic sort. Deism might be superior in explaining why God has seemingly left us to our own devices and pantheism could be the more logical option...

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good—and is no sillier than any other theology.