"Deists at best. Certainly not Christian." You imply a hierarchy of value with terms like "best."
Not Squiggle, you say. Squaggle, at best.
This seems to imply you like Christian better than Deist. Is this so?

"More likely rationalists with unexpressed thoughts."

Random, you label them but I don't presume to know someone's mind if someone calls them a "rationalist" or even a "gyratingcarbuncle."
It also implies you know what they thought so that you can dismiss what they actually expressed.
Maybe you believe we are cowed into pretending
to appreciate Jesus so we form a quasi-rational
version. But I think we have little other history of the human race which frames some of the central issues in such a microcosm as
The Greatest Story Ever Told (Hollywood)

Random writes:
"Franklin always said more when he said less."

Well, I do not think you said enough about this. I do not know what you mean. I never pretend to
play in their league. I play in my own league
and holler over the fence to them in their yard,
like Hillary and Eleanor. Not really, but sounds cool, eh?