(I'd like to thank Richard Briles Moriarty for sharing this insightful and thought-provoking article with the World Union of Deists. This article helps to counter the false definition that Deism requires Deists to believe The Supreme Intelligence/God never intervenes in human affairs. The Editor) The dedication of Thomas Paine to rational thought and inquiry was unparalleled amongst the Founders.1 His commitment to a strictly rational regimen was particularly notable, and fr