When1: 1700
When2: 1800
Who: Deism
What: philosophic school
Where: England
Detail: School {Deism} included John Toland, Anthony Collins, Matthew Tindal, Thomas Chubb, Thomas Morgan, Lord Bolingbroke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Franklin, and Jefferson. Religion should have no revelation, no miracles, no sacraments, and no clergy, but have morals and God {natural religion, Deism}. God was creator but then let everything move on its own {deus ex machina, Deism}.
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