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Thomas Paine Quotes about Religion

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The age of ignorance commenced with the Christian system.

The age of ignorance commenced with the Christian system.

Christian, Ignorance, Religion

Thomas Paine (2016). “THE AGE OF REASON - Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (Including “The Life of Thomas Paine”): Deistic Critique of Bible and Christian Church”, p.33, e-artnow

Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity.

Religion, World, Christianity

Thomas Paine, Philip Sheldon Foner (1993). “The life and major writings of Thomas Paine”, Citadel Pr

What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.

Bible, Believe, Religion

Priests and conjurors are of the same trade.

Religion, Priests, Trade

Thomas Paine (2013). “The Thomas Paine Reader”, p.551, Simon and Schuster

The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense.

Christian, Common Sense, Religion

Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.334

The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.

Christian, Men, Religion

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

Motivation, Law, Religion

The Rights of Man pt. 1 (1791)

Prophesying is lying professionally.

Lying, Religion

Thomas Paine (1835). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: The Most Complete Edition Ever Published”, p.138

The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion.

Christian, Data, Religion

Thomas Paine (2016). “THE AGE OF REASON - Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (Including “The Life of Thomas Paine”): Deistic Critique of Bible and Christian Church”, p.99, e-artnow

Science is the true theology.

Religion, Theology

The Church was resolved to have a New Testament, and as, after the lapse of more than three hundred years, no handwriting could be proved or disproved, the Church, which like former impostors had then gotten possession of the State, had everything its own way. It invented creeds, such as that called the Apostle's Creed, the Nicean Creed, the Athanasian Creed, and out of the loads of rubbish that were presented it voted four to be Gospels, and others to be Epistles, as we now find them arranged.

Years, Religion, Church

Thomas Paine (1820). “Appendix to the Theological Works of Thomas Paine”, p.57

It is a fool only, and not the philosopher, nor even the prudent man, that will live as if there were no God... Were a man impressed as fully and strongly as he ought to be with the belief of a God, his moral life would be regulated by the force of belief; he would stand in awe of God and of himself, and would not do the thing that could not be concealed from either.

Men, Religion, Would Be

Thomas Paine (2015). “The Thomas Paine Collection: Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, An Essay on Dream, Biblical Blasphemy, Examination Of The Prophecies”, p.288, Ravenio Books

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

Lying, Biblical, Religion

Thomas Paine (1824). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine”, p.336

But though every created thing is, in this sense, a mystery, the word mystery cannot be applied to moral truth, any more than obscurity can be applied to light. ... Mystery is the antagonist of truth. It is a fog of human invention, that obscures truth, and represents it in distortion. Truth never envelops itself in mystery, and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist, and never of itself.

Light, Fog, Religion

Thomas Paine “The Writings of Thomas Paine”, Jazzybee Verlag

...Thomas did not believe the resurrection [John 20:25], and, as they say, would not believe without having ocular and manual demonstration himself. So neither will I, and the reason is equally as good for me, and for every other person, as for Thomas.

Believe, Religion, Resurrection

Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but it is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it. The one is the pope, armed with fire and fagot, and the other is the pope selling or granting indulgences.

Fire, Opposites, Religion

Thomas Paine (1859). “Complete Works”, p.89

All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe.

Believe, Miracle, Religion

Thomas Paine (1835). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: The Most Complete Edition Ever Published”, p.300

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices and a collection of the most paltry and contemptible tales and stories, I could not so dishonor my Creator by calling it by His name.

Book, Names, Religion

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

Religious, Bipolar, Religion

I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.

Religion, Atheism, Detest

No falsehood is so fatal as that which is made an article of faith.

Religion, Made, Articles

Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.260

The first was a government of priestcraft, the second of conquerors, and the third of reason.

Government, Religion, Firsts

Thomas Paine (1830). “The Political Writings of Thomas Paine ...: Prospects on the Rubicon. Rights of man, part I. Rights of man, part II. Letter to the authors of the Republican. Letter to the Abbe Sieyes. Address to the addressers. Letters to Lord Onslow. Dissertation on the first principles of government. Speech delivered in the French National convention. Letter to Mr. Secretary Dundas. The decline and fall of the English system of finance. Letter to the people of France. Reasons for preserving the life of Louis”, p.74

Everything wonderful in appearance has been ascribed to angels, to devils, or to saints. Everything ancient has some legendary tale annexed to it. The common operations of nature have not escaped their practice of corrupting everything.

Angel, Practice, Religion

Thomas Paine (1854). “The Works of Thomas Paine: A Hero in the American Revolution. With an Account of His Life ...”, p.208

The Christian religion begins with a dream and ends with a murder.

Christian, Dream, Religion

Thomas Paine (2016). “COMMON SENSE (Political Classics Series): Advocating Independence to People in the Thirteen Colonies - Addressed to the Inhabitants of America”, p.598, e-artnow

Ah, reader, put thy trust in thy creator, and thou wilt be safe; but if thou trustest to the book called the scriptures thou trustest to the rotten staff of fable and falsehood.

Book, Religion, Rotten

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