[Skooz]

Exactly. Deists subscribed the "master clockmaker" theory of God. They believed that the universe and all therein was composed so well and orderly that divine influence could not be beneficial. Thus, God tended to other matters as the universe plodded on.

[Mushinronshasan]

The deism, or lack thereof, of the founding fathers doesn't really matter, does it? They made sure the deists (as well as the non-deists) were protected from theocratic rule by the tyranny of the majority theists through the first ammendment. Or did they?