... very happy by living in El Dorado. In El Dorado, Voltaire envisioned a community where there was no set form of religion that one must follow and no religious persecution. However, they did have religion it was up to oneself to determine what religion you were going to follow. Some worshiped the sun, others the worshiped planets and some just believed in a supreme being ... people should think. In the 18th century, Europe was under going some drastic changes in life and society as a whole. The most important change that was taking affect was the Enlightenment or also known as the Age of...

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... McDonald 4 he runs through money like a knife through butter. Not to mention he never wanted to be religious in the first place, his parents pressured him into religion for financial reasons. Next, there is the reference to the Anabaptist. This is intriguing because he is the only truly sympathetic character throughout the novel. The irony of ... the face to Protestants and Catholics of his day. As mentioned earlier, the Seven Years War was occurring at this point in Voltaire's life. As far as most philosophers were concerned, war was inexcusable mistake for human right. So, expectedly in...

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... them besides their belief in a supreme power. Each religion helps explain what man cannot. Since Emperor Constantine changed the Roman Empire to Christianity, the faith has dominated western civilization. Voltaire, one of the most prominent philosophers of the Enlightenment, deals with the principles of Christianity in the book, ... and effect. The philosophy also holds that every event is necessary for one reason or another. Pangloss's teachings are representative of the Christian religion. According to the word of God, every man who believes in him and asks for forgiveness of his sins ...

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