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This is absolutely fantastic, and another book I wish I would've read in high school or early college years when my belief in religion was teetering and could've used a push to get me to where I am today. The great 18th-century American patriot and deist Thomas Paine was ahead of his time, he was an enlightened soul along the lines of the the great Scotsman David Hume when it came to absolutely dismantling the tenets of religions. What a ground-breaking text this must've been to all who read in
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Thomas Paine does not receive the adulation and credit that he deserves for what he stands for. During his life he was ironically banished and dismissed for his views by a country whose founders claimed that freedom of speech and thought was an inherent human freedom. The book is a diatribe against Christianity and the bible in particular, but Paine's point is not that such beliefs should be banished from being read or even believed, but rather dismissed on rational and moral grounds. Paine was
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I found The Age of Reason to be a very modern tome. The language is clear, concise, and at times even humorous. Paine is a gifted debator, and he carefully lays out his argument for Deism with references pulled from memory.
He must have been captivating in person. I wish he was around today to discuss the latest scientific discoveries. I wonder what Age of Reason Part III might contain.
He must have been captivating in person. I wish he was around today to discuss the latest scientific discoveries. I wonder what Age of Reason Part III might contain.
Very interesting, Paine's biblical critique using only internal biblical sources. It makes me wonder what his views would be in light of modern scholarship and scientific discovery. Would he still be a deist, or more of an agnostic atheist?
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