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The Influence Of Voltaire On Religion
Voltaire was a well known philosopher that challenged the actions of church. I agree with Voltaire challenging the church’s actions because I even question the church's actions. I agree with him because there are some doctrines that I don't agree with it. In the book it says God, the clockmaker, had created it, set it in motion, and allowed it to run without his interference and according to its own natural laws. I don’t agree with the church when they say that you have to get an annulment before getting a divorce. Voltaire says that God doesn’t have any input in what goes in those doctrines.
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