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Chapter 2 Enlightenment The gist Two basic patterns of thought: Calvinist beliefs and tenets vs. Science hence Deism Jonathan Edwards Benjamin Franklin Crevecoeur The Collision of the two basic patterns of thought 1. Calvinist beliefs and tenets/ Calvinism: Predestination; Original sin and total depravity; Limited atonement The Collision of the two basic patterns of thought 2. Science: Newtons laws of motion; The idea of universal gravitation. Hence the Deism: The deists hold that God is indeed the creator of the universe, “the maker of the clock,” but He has left it to operate ac