Author Puts God Above Basic Substance As Some Understand It Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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Rank		Letters	Answer	Clue
1	99%	7		Exact Match!
2	30%	15		The philosophical effort to prove the existence of God and understand God's attributes through observation and reason
3	29%	10		Advocated that the God of the Old Testament was a different God than the God of the New Testament

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We think the answer is "THOREAU" which means:

noun

• United states writer and social critic (1817-1862)

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Source	#Number	Answer
The Guardian Cryptic13 Feb 2007	Down 19
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