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What did Deists argue?
 
  A) They argued that the only true knowledge was religious truth, and that God was unknowable.
  B) They insisted that where the Bible conflicted with reason, one should follow the words of the Bible rather than the false dictates of reason.
  C) They believed in a God who had created a perfect universe and then allowed it to operate without His intervention, according to natural laws.
  D) They claimed that the best argument against the existence of God could be derived through the study of nature's harmony and order.
  E) They believed that the Church of England had to be purged of Roman Catholic influences and merged with the Presbyterian church.

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What did most eighteenth-century American intellectuals think about science?
 
  A) They suspected that the mysteries of the universe were too complex for any human to truly understand.
  B) They thought that science amounted to little more than turning lead into gold and experimenting with balloons.
  C) They believed that science explained the laws of nature.
  D) They feared that science could pose the greatest threat to organized religion since the Reformation.
  E) All of these choices.



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debra928

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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WhattoUnderstand

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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