"Deist" is offered but not defined.
de-ism n. Belief in the existence of God as the creator of the universe who after setting it in motion abandoned it, assumed no control over life, exerted no influence on natural phenonmena, and gave no supernatural revelation.
The Founders believed the Bible to be the written word of God. The Founders prayed. Deists don't pray. What would be the use since the Demiurge has "left the building."
http://www.wallbuilders.com/resources/search/detail.php?ResourceID=29Exactly. Deists subscribed the "master clockmaker" theory of God. They believed that the universe and all therein was composed so well and orderly that divine influence could not be beneficial. Thus, God tended to other matters as the universe plodded on.