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1. Enlightenment

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   Religion and Deism
   The Age of Reason profoundly altered religious thought, leading to increased tolerance and the rise of Deism.
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2. Thomas Paine

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   The Age of Reason and Deism
   Paine’s final major intellectual contribution was The Age of Reason (Part I, 1794; Part II, 1795), a work that detailed his critique of organized religion and advocated for deism. Paine explicitly rejected the divinity of the Bible, miracles, and revealed religion, favoring instead a belief in a Creator established through the study of nature and reason.
   Paine believed that the clerical establishments of Christianity functioned as a form of political oppression, analogous to monarchy. This work proved deeply controversial, alienating many…