It has been the scheme of the Christian Church, and of all the other invented systems of religion, to hold man in… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices and a collection of the most paltry… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Is it because you are sunk in the cruelty of superstition, or feel no interest in the honor of your Creator, that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The creation is the Bible of the Deist. He there reads, in the handwriting of the Creator himself, the certainty of His… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Christian religion is derogatory to the Creator in all its articles. It puts the Creator in an inferior point of view,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Allwise Creator hath been dishonored by being made the author of fable and the human mind degraded by believing it. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I would not dare so dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“No man is prejudiced in favour of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The laws of every country must be analogous to some common principle.” — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws to be the word of God; and the disbelief… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
But there are times when men have serious thoughts, and it is at such times, when they begin to think, that they begin to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
