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== Literature ==
* Used by [[Arthur C. Clarke
** Whether Clarke intended this or not, it's actually a pretty good definition. Deists believe in one god or none, depending on whether an inactive god "counts" as such -- but not more than one, because if God is outside space and time and doesn't do anything, if there were two of Him, what would make them distinct?
** 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.
=== Tropes ===
* [[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 [[
* [[Have You Seen My God?]] : practically the [[Trope Maker]].
* [[Older Than Feudalism]] : associated with the Enlightenment, but the idea originates in Ancient Greece.
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