The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Age of Reason was responsible for making more people into infidels than any other book except the Bible. — Gordon Stein Copy Share Image
“The heresy of an age of reason,' or some such slovos [words]. 'I see what is right and approve, but I do… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The belle is a product of the Deep South, which is a product of the nineteenth century and the Age of Romanticism.… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Let us eat, drink, and love for tomorrow we die, would be in fact the language of reason, the morality of life;… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
All this [Paul's writing] is nothing better than the jargon of a conjurer who picks up phrases he does not understand to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We are all born free from all religious affiliations and only come to believe in such things after being introduced to it… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
“From the French perspective, this was not attachment parenting. This was indulgent parenting. Traditionally, the French believe that children who have not… — Karen Le Billon Copy Share Image
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
What is fantastic for me is that the Romantic movement comes out as a counter balance to everything that has been accumulating… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Baptism does not profit a man outside unity with the Church ... For many heretics also possess this Sacrament but not the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Our age is pre-eminently the age of sympathy, as the eighteenth century was the age of reason. Our ideal men and women… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
There is a place in men's lives where pictures do in fact bleed, ghosts gibber and shriek, maidens run forever through mysterious… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“ Paine suffered then, as now he suffers not so much because of what he wrote as from the misinterpretations of others...… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The things that were needed to keep the imagination free were “all written down in this age of reason.” It was time… — Christopher E. Young Copy Share Image
“[Doubt] is not a new idea; this is the idea of the age of reason. This is the philosophy that guided the… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“Hold childhood in reverence, and do not be in any hurry to judge it for good or ill. Leave exceptional cases to… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“I have now gone through the examination of the four books ascribed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; and when it is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Green will typically look at history, for example, and whenever it finds a society in which there is a widespread lack of… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“I have always been interested in this man . My father had a set of Tom Paine 's books on the shelf… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“Man’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Since any reasonable person would choose a Mac over a PC, Apple's market share provides us with an accurate reading of the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“No,' Rambert said bitterly, 'you can't understand. You're using the language of reason, not of the heart; you live in a world… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“I would give worlds, if I had them, that the Age of Reason had never been published. Oh, god, save me; for… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
When Thomas Paine showed Benjamin Franklin the manuscript of The Age of Reason, Franklin advised him not to publish it, saying, ''The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must choose for others as we have reason to believe they would choose for themselves if they were at the age… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“What if you reached the Age of Reason, only to find there was no reprieve, Would you be a Man for All… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
“Tom Paine wrote in The Age of Reason: Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Shake off all the fears and servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
![“The heresy of an age of reason,' or some such slovos [words]. 'I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.” quote by Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/06f/anthony-burgess-1167_age-of-reason_the-heresy-of-an-age-of-reason-or-some-s_1852578.jpg)
![“[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/99f/james-madison-373_age-of-reason_n-o-religious-test-shall-ever-be-require_2600224.png)
![“All this [Paul's writing] is nothing better than the jargon of a conjurer who picks up phrases he does not understand to confound the credulous people who come to have their fortune told. Age of Reason” quote by Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/462/thomas-paine-267_age_all-this-paul-s-writing-is-nothing-bette_1361138.png)
![“There is a place in men's lives where pictures do in fact bleed, ghosts gibber and shriek, maidens run forever through mysterious landscapes from nameless foes; that place is, of course, the world of dreams and of the repressed guilts and fears that motivate them [i.e., the unconscious]. This…” quote by Leslie Fiedler](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/dfc/leslie-fiedler-13246_age_there-is-a-place-in-men-s-lives-where-pi_2758654.jpg)
![“[Doubt] is not a new idea; this is the idea of the age of reason. This is the philosophy that guided the men who made the democracy that we live under. The idea that no one really knew how to run a government led to the idea that we should arrange a system by which new ideas could be developed…” quote by Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/71f/richard-p-feynman-495_age-of-reason_doubt-is-not-a-new-idea-this-is-the-idea_1745125.jpg)
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