Which of the following factors is likely to have influenced a decreasing role of

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Which of the following factors is likely to have influenced a decreasing role of Christian doctrine and increasing role of the scientific method for explaining the natural environment? (choose all that apply) Translation of the Bible into common languages which enabled interpretations by everyday people. This meant that people other than the clergy could interpret what the bible says about the natural world Humans began to explore the world and were exposed to many more types of environments and creatures. When people began to classify these creatures they could see patterns of resemblance, making it harder to reject the idea that some creatures are more closely related than others. The disappearance of the taboo against human dissection, enabling more accurate descriptions of human anatomy and biology. The notion of uniformitarianism which is the idea that the earth's landscapes are the result of continual geological processes. This idea led to the notion that the earth is much older than just a few thousand years. The invention of the printing press which enabled ideas to be spread throughout and across populations more rapidly. This meant that it was not only the clergy who had a major control over knowledge. The industrial revolution which led to an increase in discovery of fossils of creatures that were no longer around.

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These factors led to decrease of Christian doctrine and increasing role of the scientific method for explaining the natural environment:

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