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Religion and the Enlightenment


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In this episode, I discuss the attitude of Enlightenment thinkers towards religion. I discuss how they sought to purge religion of any unreasonable elements involving miracles and supernaturalism. They wanted a religion based solely on the moral law. I mention deism, which presents God as a Supreme Architect who never intervened in the world, which proceeds like clockwork. I also mention how liberty of conscience was radicalized in the Enlightenment, such that it was divorced from Revelation.
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CultureCastBy Daniel Dal Monte

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