... a major advocate of diminishing the supernatural beliefs forced upon society by the church and replaced them with deism. Deists perceived the world in a very rational way, as they believed that God created the universe and set it into motion in accordance with natural laws. These beliefs that defied the basic doctrines of the church were spread freely during the Enlightenment and ... ...

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... status quo. This was not however the only institution that would be displeased with a change in thinking. The Catholic Church, which is based only on creationism, firmly believes that since God created Earth for man, the Earth is without question the center of the Universe. This is evidence in both the fact that Copernicus did not publish his "ballet of the ... ...

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