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I don't know whether this belongs in the pre 1900 site as the point of divergence is probably sometime in the 19th century. Deism was at its height in the enlightenment but in mid Victorian times it began to be replaced by atheism and god without religion was replaced by the converse with Marxism and secular humanism and deism seemed to vanish into obscurity. Many of the founding fathers were deists something the Tea Part seems to forget
However there is a case for reviving it as arguably it does not conflict with scientific discoveries such as the anthropic principle by which various phys8icalo forces are balanced to enable life to exist. The alternative is the multiverse but even its proponents argue that intelligent life could start another universe via a black hole. It allows for intelligent design without evolution denial. i.e The late Sir Fred Hoyle argued that there might be a design driving life. Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker is a deist view of the universe with a disiniterested Star Majkerc creating numerous universes and shunning contact with consciousness.
In other words "its life Jim but not as we know it." a Deistic god would not find that offensive as it would be indifferent. Your challenge is to either to maker deism a force in the world or prevent it from declining