Not content with this deification of Satan, they represent him as defeating, by stratagem, in the shape of an animal of the creation, all the power a… - Thomas Paine
" "Not content with this deification of Satan, they represent him as defeating, by stratagem, in the shape of an animal of the creation, all the power and wisdom of the Almighty. They represent him as having compelled the Almighty to the direct necessity either of surrendering the whole of the creation to the government and sovereignty of this Satan, or of capitulating for its redemption by coming down upon earth, and exhibiting himself upon a cross in the shape of a man.
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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – 8 June 1809) was a British-American political writer, theorist, and activist who had a great influence on the thoughts and ideas which led to the American Revolution and the United States Declaration of Independence. He wrote three of the most influential and controversial works of the 18th Century: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights.
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Yaşlandığımızda mutlu olabilmek için, yaşam boyunca zihnimize eşlik edenlere kendimizi alıştırmamız gerekir, böylelikle her şeyden sırası geldiğinde mutlu oluruz. Sadece zevk adamı olan biri ileri yaşlarda acınacak duruma düşer; köle gibi çalışan da biraz daha iyi olsa bile aynı durumdadır. Doğa felsefesi, matematik ve mekanik bilimleri insanı dingin bir keyfe götüren daimi kaynaklardır ve rahiplerin kasvetli dogmalarına, boş inançlara rağmen bu konularla uğraşmak, gerçek dinle uğraşmaktır; bunlar insana Yaratıcı'yı tanımayı ve ona hayranlık duymayı öğretir, zira yaratılıştaki bilim ilkeleri değişmez ve ilahi bir kökene sahiptir.
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Upon the whole, Mystery, Miracle, and Prophecy, are appendages that belong to fabulous and not to true religion. They are the means by which so many Lo heres! and Lo theres! have been spread about the world, and religion been made into a trade. The success of one impostor gave encouragement to another, and the quieting salvo of doing some good by keeping up a pious fraud protected them from remorse.
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