Identify Deists' beliefs regarding the universe, God, and the Christian tradition.
A) Deists (including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin) believed that cultivating reason was the highest virtue.
B) Deists believed that evil stemmed from ignorance rather than sinfulness.
C) Deists were "enlightened" people who believed it was natural laws, and not God, that governed the daily operations of the universe.
D) Deists rejected the idea of divine revelation and viewed God as a distant creator who set the universe in motion but did not interfere with its workings.
