The Rise And Down Fall Of Major Beliefs

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The Rise and Down Fall of Major Beliefs

     Puritanism is a branch off of the Church of England.  The Puritans wanted to purify the church so they came to America and developed and new type of religion that is a little different from the English.  Deism is not a religion and needs a lot of thinking to understand.  Thomas Paine explained how Deism was better than Puritanism in his pamphlets of “Common Sense”.  During the Enlightenment period Thomas Paine wrote 16 pamphlets and these pamphlets discussed how it was time to change the government, religion and economics.  This time was during the revolution and Thomas Paine wanted to help and instigate revolutions in any country.  Thomas Jefferson was an important part to the American Revolution.  He was the one that wrote the Declaration of Independence.  Both of these beliefs have many differences and they also have some similarities.
     Both of the beliefs have different ideas on god and religion.  Deism is not a religion and believe that god is an observer.  They do not believe in providence.  They also denounce the church.  Thomas Paine believed that the mind is the church.  Deists also believed that the bible was hearsay.  Thomas Paine thought that a revelation could only effect the person that it was directed to because after that the people that listen to the revelation have the right not to believe it because it can not be proven.  The Deists also believe that through nature God is revealed.  Puritanism is a religion and believe that god is active.  They also believe in providence.  They believe that god guides them through life.  They also believe in predestination.  The puritans think that people are chosen before hand to go to heaven.  The Puritans also believe that nature is evil and that god can be revealed through the bible.
     Deists believe that man starts off neither good or bad.  They believe that they can chose their way in life through the decisions they make in life.  They also believe that man can perfect himself through science.  Benjamin Franklin was one of the people that believed in deism.  Benjamin Franklin tried to perfect himself through science.  He kept a record on his daily moral deeds and using the data that he obtained he tried to improved himself.  The puritans believe that man starts off bad and by practicing the ideas of the bible they can be good enough to go to heaven.  This belief of the Puritans can be seen through one of the Puritan literature pieces by Jonathan Edwards, Sin...

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