Faith in a Shallow Pool

I admire those who jump blindly, knowing they will not hit the bottom of the dark abyss, I see the water knee deep. At times I question my faith, inability to simply let things be without my intervention. During religious studies, this eve, we came across 18th century Deism and I found myself accepting a lot of their points. They believed in a force that created all and after creation, this force stopped intervening. Therefore, they did not believe that Jesus was the son of G-d, because he would not send someone to mingle in the livings affairs. This of course created an uproar from the back of the room, 'What?! No Jesus, resurrection, New Testament? I thought everyone had these beliefs, what is wrong with people not having full faith in Jesus? Are they inept in their bible studies?' Wow, who knew someone could be so religiously closed minded; I wonder what the Jews, Buddhists, and Muslims think?