Age of Faith and the Age of Reason

Age of Faith and the Age of Reason

Puritans and the Founding Fathers

Believers become Thinkers

Power Vocab

Age of Faith: Age of Reason:

colonialism free willfaith reasonpredestination parallel structure

biascredibility

What’s around you?

Age of Faith Otherworldliness Devoted to preparing for a world to come

Age of Reason Worldliness Devoted to this world and its pursuits rather

than to religion or spiritual affairs

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Who is in charge?

Age of Faith

Divine, God-centered world God, the Devil, angels, and demons regularly affect

events on earth.

Age of Reason

Man-centered world. God is hands off. He started the world then let it go.

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Deism and the Clockmaker God

Most founding fathers ascribed to a belief in Deism. They believed in God but not his divine intervention on earth. Human beings and their reason were entirely in control of their fates.

Where is the guidance?

Age of Faith

Live, breathe, sleep the Holy Bible.

Age of Reason Reason it out! What do you think?

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Who’s running the universe?

Age of Faith Providence is in CHARGE!

Age of Reason

Universe = machine set in motion.

Universe runs on its own accord

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What to think about God?

Age of Faith

I love him, but oh do I fear him! Cause for everything

Age of Reason Remote/impersonal intelligence “First Cause” Started machine (universe) then left it to

operate with math and physical law of nature.

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What about His “son”?

Age of Faith Son of God

Age of Reason Son of man

How is this different?

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Enough about God, what is a human?

Man = Spiritual being in the flesh Man: At birth is a blank slate void of ideas and principles

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What’s my destiny?

Age of Faith Few “elect” chosen for salvation Predestination

Age of Reason Pursuit of happiness. Free will

How to spend your time:

Age of Faith

Read the Bible! Work! Go to Church! Repeat!

Age of Reason

Proper study of man is man. Look around you! Think about it! Reason it out! Fix it!

Government

Age of Faith Aristocracy: government by the best

individuals or by a small privileged class (Webster dictionary)

Age of Reason

Leadership by those who are naturally the best, regardless of class.

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Why is everyone so evil?Age of Faith

Original sin: Eve taking fruit from the forbidden tree

Age of Reason

Civilization's evils explained by unsound social environment

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Age of Faith and the Age of Reason