No one who writes this can be entirely evil. Just sayin'
:-)
I'll try to give a more thoughtful answer tomorrow, D.V. I would say at first blush that "deiform" is an attempt to deal with "image and likeness," and that first time through I didn't find much to object to in what you wrote.
:-)"
Well, there goes my cover.
Looking forward to your thoughts on this topic. And, I understand the "image and likeness" attempt, but the detailed descriptions were far beyond this level. Nevertheless, I will await.