Thank you for your kind words, but I’m not at all sure about the outstanding part.
The definitions I quoted were rather a diverse lot, but, taken together, I think they deliver a relatively clear understanding of what composes Deism, or a Deist. That understanding departs sufficiently enough from what appears to be Franklin’s understanding, that I feel justified in asking what was, in fact, Franklin’s meaning when he identified himself as a Deist.
The motive for demanding definitions and meaning, is to bring clarity of understanding to the conversation. The fierce resistance from allmendream to confronting Franklin’s meaning of the word ‘Deist’ was not motivated by a desire to bring clarity to the conversation. Oddly enough.