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And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.

And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.

Thomas Paine
Heart, Men, Religion
Thomas Paine (2007). “The Age of Reason”, p.70, Cosimo, Inc.

Revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication- after that it is only an account of something which that person says was a revelation made to him; and though he may find himself obliged to believe it, it can not be incumbent on me to believe it in the same manner; for it was not a revelation made to ME, and I have only his word for it that it was made to him.

Thomas Paine
Believe, Communication, Religion
Thomas Paine (1861). “The Age of Reason, etc”, p.2

It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us.

Thomas Paine
Religion, Devil, Monsters
Thomas Paine (1835). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: The Most Complete Edition Ever Published”, p.151

The New Testament, they tell us, is founded upon the prophecies of the Old; if so, it must follow the fate of its foundation.

Thomas Paine
Fate, Religion, Foundation
Richard Watson, Thomas Paine (1855). “Apology for the Bible: In a Series of Letters Addressed to Thomas Paine, Author of The Age of Reason”, p.133

Yet this is trash that the Church imposes upon the world as the Word of God; this is the collection of lies and contradictions called the Holy Bible! This is the rubbish called Revealed Religion!

Thomas Paine
Lying, Religion, Church
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.298, Ravenio Books

It will be proper to take a review of the several sources from which governments have arisen, and on which they have been founded.

Thomas Paine
Government, Religion, Source
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.63, Ravenio Books

We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and New Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries.

Thomas Paine
Law, Religion, Doctrine
Thomas Paine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1834). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.241

His [Jesus'] historians, having brought him into the world in a supernatural manner, were obliged to take him out again in the same manner, or the first part of the story must have fallen to the ground.

Thomas Paine
Jesus, Religion, Stories
Thomas Paine (1852). “The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology”, p.10

When an objection cannot be made formidable, there is some policy in trying to make it frightful; and to substitute the yell and the war-whoop, in the place of reason, argument and good order.

Thomas Paine
War, Order, Religion
Thomas Paine (1945). “The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine”

They may be all comprehended under three heads - 1st, Superstition; 2d, Power; 3d, the common interests of society, and the common rights of man.

Thomas Paine
Men, Rights, Religion
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

The NT, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act.

Thomas Paine
Religion, Farce

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