Science Undermined a Belief in God Through

question 46

Multiple Choice

Science undermined a belief in God through:

• A)the use of microscopes and telescopes,which revealed useless worlds far beyond the range of human senses,irrelevant to humanity,the supposed culmination of God's Creation.
• B)mechanical philosophy,which eliminated a need for divine action in the universe.
• C)the revelation of the needless complexity of objects and systems,which seemed incompatible with the design of an intelligent creator.
• D)an application of geometry and ethics to prove the single substance of the universe that was nature.
• E)There is no evidence to suggest that scientific discoveries in the seventeenth century actually undermined religious faith.For many,these discoveries provided new evidence of God's existence.

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