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The peple you mention and most pre 20th century religious folks (including 
Thomas Jeferson) were theists- not deists.  A theist believes in an 
impersonal creator - the one that started it all (and then let it go.....)  
A deist believes that their god takes a personal interest in each 
individual's life.

We have 50- hundreds of years of empiricism, research and scientific 
findings since the men you mentioned which have yet to demonstrate any 
paranormal phenomena or beings.  Scientists would be fascinated by the 
existence of the supernatural- some of us have our fingers crossed....Theist 
or deist we  can only imagine what god might be....

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From: "Peter A. Anderson" <[log in to unmask]>
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