The Rise And Down Fall Of Major Beliefs
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Puritanism is a branch off of the Church of England. The Puritans
wanted to purify the church so they came to America and developed and new
type of religion that is a little different from the English. Deism is not
a religion and needs a lot of thinking to understand. Thomas Paine
explained how ....
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.... do not
believe in providence. They also denounce the church. Thomas Paine
believed that the mind is the church. Deists also believed that the bible
was hearsay. Thomas Paine thought that a revelation could only effect the
person that it was directed to because after that the people that listen to
the revelation have the right not to believe it because it can not be
proven. The Deists also believe that through nature God is revealed.
Puritanism is a religion and believe that god is active. ....
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