Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "deists"
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Usually I write about writing. Not today. Today I write about reading.
The book is "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine. The book's style is challenging in his wordiness bordering on convolution. His defiant attitude can be off-putting. But the information is worth the effort.
Even before beginning the main part of the book Paine brings up something important: Every man (He was writing in the 1700's.) has the right to have an opinion. Others, whether they agree or not, should not take that right away.
As writers and readers, this is important. How many governments jail or even execute citizens for their opinions? Why are these governments afraid of their citizens?
How many people ban books because they don't like the opinions in them? Or are they afraid of challenging their own beliefs?
"The Age of Reason" is about religion, really why Paine is a Deist and not religious. Many of the founding fathers of the United States were Deists yet this is not often explained or is assumed to be Christian.
Some of his information is very out of date (Again, he was writing in the 1700s.). But his arguments are often worth considering whether you agree with him or not.
After all, our brains are for thinking. And what are we afraid of?
The book is "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine. The book's style is challenging in his wordiness bordering on convolution. His defiant attitude can be off-putting. But the information is worth the effort.
Even before beginning the main part of the book Paine brings up something important: Every man (He was writing in the 1700's.) has the right to have an opinion. Others, whether they agree or not, should not take that right away.
As writers and readers, this is important. How many governments jail or even execute citizens for their opinions? Why are these governments afraid of their citizens?
How many people ban books because they don't like the opinions in them? Or are they afraid of challenging their own beliefs?
"The Age of Reason" is about religion, really why Paine is a Deist and not religious. Many of the founding fathers of the United States were Deists yet this is not often explained or is assumed to be Christian.
Some of his information is very out of date (Again, he was writing in the 1700s.). But his arguments are often worth considering whether you agree with him or not.
After all, our brains are for thinking. And what are we afraid of?
