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How did Enlightenment thinkers such as Diderot and Voltaire challenge religious structures?(2 points)
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Diderot and Voltaire believed that religion explained all natural phenomena.
Diderot and Voltaire believed that religion explained all natural phenomena.

Diderot and Voltaire used reasoning rather than religion to explain the natural world.
Diderot and Voltaire used reasoning rather than religion to explain the natural world.

Voltaire believed that each state should only have one religion, but Diderot disagreed.
Voltaire believed that each state should only have one religion, but Diderot disagreed.

Diderot believed that freedom of religion would cause problems within the state.
Diderot believed that freedom of religion would cause problems within the state.

Answer 1

Diderot and Voltaire used reasoning rather than religion to explain the natural world.

Both thinkers promoted reason, scientific inquiry, and criticism of Church authority (Diderot through the Encyclopédie and Voltaire through satire and calls for religious toleration), challenging religious explanations and institutional power.