The Bible and the Testament are impositions upon the world;… the fall of man, the account of Jesus Christ being the Son of God, and of his dying to appease the wrath of God, and of salvation by that strange means, are all fabulous inventions, dishonorable to the wisdom and power of the Almighty.
Thomas Paine Quotes
But the Old Testament, beside the numberless absurd and bagatelle stories it tells of God, represents Him as a God of deceit, a God not to be confided in… This, so far from being the Word of God, is horrid blasphemy against him… put thy confidence in thy God, and put no trust in the […]
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
It is often said in the Bible that God spoke unto Moses, but how do you know that God spake unto Moses? Because, you will say, the Bible says so. The Koran says, ‘that God spake unto Mahomet, do you believe that too? No. Why not? Because, you will say, you do not believe it; […]
Infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving: it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is none more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory in itself than this thing called Christianity. Too absurd for belief, too impossible to convince, and too inconsistent for practice, it renders the heart torpid or […]
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.
If there is a country in the world where concord, according to common calculation, would be least expected, it is America.
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is Americans- our inferior one varies with the place.
