Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
The two dominant features of our age are science and democracy. They have come to stay and have brought a revolution to human life. We cannot ask educated people to accept the deliverances of faith without rational evidence. Whatever we are called upon to accept must be justified and supported by reason. Otherwise our religious beliefs will be reduced to wishful thinking. Modern man must learn to live with a religion which commends itself to his intellectual conscience, to the spirit of science. Moreover, religion should be the sustaining faith of democracy, which insists on the intellectual and spiritual development of every human being irrespective of his caste, creed, community or race. Any religion which divides man from man and supports privileges, exploitation and wars cannot commend itself to us today.
In the passage, “the deliverances of faith” are
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → things that faith declares to be true
Here deliverances means statements or judgements that are given out.
- “The deliverances of faith” are the things that religion tells us are true.
- The writer says educated people will not accept them “without rational evidence”. They want proof that makes sense first.
- In simple words, these are the teachings of religion.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: ways in which faith rescues people from danger — Incorrect. Wrong meaning: “Deliverance” can mean rescue. But here people are asked to accept something. One accepts a statement, not a rescue.
Option 2: gifts given by religious leaders — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage does not speak of gifts or of religious leaders.
Option 4: proofs found by scientists — Incorrect. Opposite meaning: the writer wants “rational evidence” before these things are accepted. So they are not proofs themselves.