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To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by

To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Philosophy, Men
Thomas Paine (2003). “Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine”, p.107, Penguin

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Motivation, Use
Thomas Paine (1826). “A Letter to Camille Jordan, of the Council of Five Hundred: Occasioned by His Report on the Priests, the Worship, and the Bells”, p.6

...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Faith Religion, Atheism
Thomas Paine “The Writings of Thomas Paine”, Jazzybee Verlag

Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity. Too absurd for belief, too impossible to convince, and too inconsistent for practice, it renders the heart torpid or produces only atheists or fanatics. As an engine of power, it serves the purpose of despotism, and as a means of wealth, the avarice of priests, but so far as respects the good of man in general it leads to nothing here or hereafter.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Heart, Mean

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Pain, Fear
Thomas Paine (1819). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine”, p.4

...the Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Lying, Book
Thomas Paine (1821). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine”, p.58

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Thomas Paine
Inspirational, Christian, Atheist
Thomas Paine (1821). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine”, p.2

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

Thomas Paine
Christian, Religious, Atheist

The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Faith Religion, Atheism
Thomas Paine (1861). “The Age of Reason, etc”, p.7

The continually progressive change to which the meaning of words is subject, the want of a universal language which renders translation necessary, the errors to which translations are again subject, the mistakes of copyists and printers, together with the possibility of willful alteration, are themselves evidences that human language, whether in speech or print, cannot be the vehicle of the Word of God.

Thomas Paine
Atheist, Mistake, Errors
Thomas Paine (2016). “THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…”, p.406, e-artnow

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