What were some of the negative impacts the Enlightenment had on the world view of the traditional Christian belief system?

1 Answer
Sep 7, 2017

It weakened it

Explanation:

The Enlightment was in direct contradiction with Christianity and brought a all new conception of the world based on reason, the individual and it triumphed.

It ruined the idea of the original sin by putting forward the idea that man was naturally good and that man nature could ne altered and made better.

It gave much more emphasis on the profane than the sacred by promoting science and individualism.