Author Question: Deism is the belief that A) religion is fairy tales to frighten the superstitious. B) if God ... (Read 187 times)

charchew · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The belief in natural laws underlying all areas of human life led to

A) scientific theism.
B) an abandonment of the scientific method.
C) intellectual stagnation.
D) the formation of several agnostic religious movements.
E) the emergence of the science of man.

Question 2

The Manhattan Project was

A) the United States' plan for an invasion of Normandy.
B) the United States' plan for post-war Europe.
C) Roosevelt's plan for raising levels of military production.
D) the top-secret venture to build an atomic bomb.
E) Japan's plan for an attack on New York.

Question 3

The purpose of Diderot's Encyclopedia, according to him, was to

A) get the uneducated masses to respect authority.
B) usher in God's kingdom on earth.
C) dispute the claims of science.
D) exacerbate the hedonism of his peers.
E) change the general way of thinking.

Question 4

The Office of War Information

A) sought information on alleged spies.
B) disseminated propaganda favorable to the United States war effort.
C) only functioned within the U.S.
D) was careful to not employ the use racist images when depicting the enemy.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 5

Deism is the belief that

A) religion is fairy tales to frighten the superstitious.
B) if God exists, he has no interest in the world.
C) God created the universe but does not actively run it
D) a transcendent spirit controls every event.
E) praying matters.