A Refutation of Every Argument Brought Against the Truth of Christianity and Revealed Religion, by Thomas Paine in the First Part of His Work Called the "Age of Reason.". |
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... Nations ; and that at a time when the purity of the motive that induced me to it , could not admit of a question , even by those who might disapprove the Work . " Whether the whole of this declaration be true or not , I have little ...
... Nations ; and that at a time when the purity of the motive that induced me to it , could not admit of a question , even by those who might disapprove the Work . " Whether the whole of this declaration be true or not , I have little ...
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... nation , from the rudest to the most refined , has some notion of Beings superior to man , I am ready to admit ; but such notions , I am certain , Mr. Paine would not have accepted in exchange for that which he had ( perhaps un ...
... nation , from the rudest to the most refined , has some notion of Beings superior to man , I am ready to admit ; but such notions , I am certain , Mr. Paine would not have accepted in exchange for that which he had ( perhaps un ...
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... nation , that infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving it consists in professing to believe what we do not believe . " This is unquestionably false.To profess to believe what we do not believe , is to cheat , or to ...
... nation , that infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving it consists in professing to believe what we do not believe . " This is unquestionably false.To profess to believe what we do not believe , is to cheat , or to ...
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... nation . " The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer also attest this union : and a justly distinguished historian , speaking of the ant cient Kings , says , " they constantly exercised supremacy in religious , concerns ; they were always chief ...
... nation . " The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer also attest this union : and a justly distinguished historian , speaking of the ant cient Kings , says , " they constantly exercised supremacy in religious , concerns ; they were always chief ...
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... nation , thought of these " good moral precepts . " Such a comparison will exhibit their value , and furnish some strong evidence of there divine origin . " Thou shalt have none other Gods but me " never occurred to any other man ...
... nation , thought of these " good moral precepts . " Such a comparison will exhibit their value , and furnish some strong evidence of there divine origin . " Thou shalt have none other Gods but me " never occurred to any other man ...
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