I don't see how it's a disguised theological idea, yet you're turning it into one and then arguing against that. It's an argument for a process being treated as

I don't see how it's a disguised theological idea, yet you're turning it into one and then arguing against that. It's an argument for a process being treated as an agent even if it's blind. The disagreement there is more philosophical (I currently don't know why most people seem to believe that blind agency is not valid, I imagine it's related to beliefs in free will at some level) and not at all theological, at least, from my perspective. If anything, gods were likely created to make various observed processes more understandable by giving them agency without going through a bunch of philosophical hoops. I would say that's very reasonable. A lot more reasonable than pretending that the process does nothing and poises no danger.