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** Also used in the [[Rendezvous With Rama|Rama Series]], although again it's not really present until the last installment, ''Rama Revealed'' (and a little bit in ''The Garden of Rama''). The creatures who built Rama did so as part of a project to collect life from all over the universe, to learn about God's plan for it, and are committed Deists.
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* [[The American Revolution]]: Deism would probably be almost completely forgotten today, if not for the fact that many leaders of the American Revolution considered themselves Deists. As philosophically-minded, anti-establishment figures in the 18th century, it's practically certain that at least a few of them would be. While exact numbers are hard to pin down and the [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment]] applies, it's unquestionable that [[Thomas Jefferson]] took it upon himself to edit supernatural elements out of [[The Bible]], and [[Ben Franklin]] found Deism so persuasive it led to a good quote for [[Straw Man Has a Point]].
* [[Have You Seen My God?]] : practically the [[Trope Maker]].
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