Deists believe that God created the universe but hasn't interacted since.
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Many of the American colonists were Christians of some form; descendents of modern Presbyterians. Many of the framers of the Constitution and American founding fathers were Deists, who believed in a god who set the world working and then ceased to care for it.
Deism is a rational, naturalistic (non-revelatory) approach to belief in the Ultimarte Creator. A product of Humanism, many of the US Founding Fathers were Deists.
Absolutely not. A large number of the Founding Fathers were atheists or Deists. Few were devoutly religious. The American revolution was motivated by a complicated mix of political factors, almost all of which were secular in nature.
Deists like Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin endorsed the concept of a Supreme Being who created the universe
Deists
Deists believe a God (or Gods) exist. Atheists do not. Deists tend to believe God is a rational explanation for the existence of the universe, but rarely if ever intervenes in its operation.
Christians! They came to America to worship their God in freedom and peace. Many of the Founding Fathers, however, were Deists who believed in God but not necessarily in any particular religion.
Deist. Deists believe god created the world then stepped back. He does not intervene in the world today. Incidentally the founding fathers of America where deists, not Christians.