[D Rider]

Deism was considered by many founding fathers at one time or another. But even the most "enlightened" (I mean this in the European Enlightenment sense), such as Ben Franklin eventually rejected it. The tragedy is that most of us have been taught history by reading historians, not by reading those that the historians are writing about.

[Mylo]

After reading his Autobiography I was left with the impression that he was a Deist. When and where did he reject it? Can you supply a quote in which he repudiates Deism. He was a lifelong skeptic of the supernatural so I somehow doubt he turned his back on this.