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That to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own;

Rewrite this excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in your own words.

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Cade Lin

13 April, 08:25

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

That to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own;

Rewrite this excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in your own words.

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Monica Bray · Answer 1

The paragraph above refers to the state and the church. The church in the old days used to force their ways and beliefs to the people and this in return affects their way of life and decision skills. This power can become so dangerous as people in the state supports the church and at the same time, it can control us.