“Far from being based in a biblical vision, the case for intelligent design seems to lead at best to a kind of deism.”

“Put into practice, her ceremonial deism will cease to be either ceremonial or deistic.”

“Originating late in 1796, this movement of intellectual, republican deism prospered in towns where dechristianization had been popular.”

“By the middle of the eighteenth century, though, these long-held beliefs were beginning to be called into question, and the European deists were the primary inquisitors.”

“The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.”

“Deists reconciled science and religion by rejecting prophecies, miracles and Biblical theology.”