A deity is a: C, god or goddess
Can you give out the options :)
D is the answer for this question. I hope this helped you out. I know it would help me.
Because a science-based understanding of our universe is, more than other (myth-based or religious-base) understandings, capable of delivering (1) measuring instruments by means of which we can test our hypotheses regarding the structure of the universe and (2) a scientific language that is as much as possible free from ambiguity and vagueness.