Full Idea
[Maybe] this world ...was only the first essay of some infant deity ...or it is the work only of some dependent, inferior deity, the object of derision to his superiors ...or it is the product of the dotage of some superannuated deity...
Gist of Idea
This Creator god might be an infant or incompetent or senile
Source
David Hume (Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion [1751], Part 5)
Book Reference
'The Existence of God', ed/tr. Hick,John [Macmillan 1964], p.108
A Reaction
His opponent in the dialogue rejoices that, in the face of these sacreligious fantasies, Hume still accepts the likelihood of some sort of design. Hume is right that it is not much of a theory if nothing can be said about the Designer.