Lit I Thomas Paine, Reasoning the Enlightenment In the first few lines of his argument against the church and state, Thomas Paine writes: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, Roman church, Greek church, Turkish church, Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. ... He uses the Enlightened form of reasoning to carry his argument forward, making "rational" points about his determination. ... Obviously, Paine finds this entire line of reasoning inexplicable, that God's prophet would be evil and working through God's evil spirit. ...

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"# Using this reasoning, Darrow pointed out that science was a result of all of the wonderful research man accomplished over thousands of years and the Bible was not to be used as a tool for this research. ... This modern man was also in favor of simply using the Bible for it's rules of conduct, aspirations, philosophies, and preachments in the world of theology.# Thus, Darrow not only defined exactly what the Bible was to be used for, but ultimately drew the line between science and religion, allowing for both to exist in the same world. ...

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