Many enlightenment thinkers (including Jefferson and Franklin) called themselves “Deists”
Deists believed in one God, but found fault with organized religion and did not believe in supernatural events such as miracles, the inerrancy of scriptures, or the Trinity.
They believed that through reason and observation of the natural world, Man can deduce the existence of a supreme being, rather than because of what the Bible says.
Deists thought that a harmonious universe proves the beneficence of God, a very different view from the “fire and brimstone” preaching of many Puritans