The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached neither further references of context, we can say the following.
This person was a deist, so he thought that God designed the universe, and then has now left it alone for us to live in, just like a mechanic makes a clock and then leaves it alone to run. Also, he believed that governments should treat all religions equally. We are talking about Thomas Paine.
Deism is a philosophical current that establishes that it is the use of reason and the evidence of nature, the ones that are the foundation of any explanation about a supreme creator or god. Deists do not believe in a religious doctrine as a source of valid information that recognizes one god-
Thomas Paine was one deist who considered a great creator that designed the universe that allows its creatures to make their own decisions and live by their consequences.
