Quote by Thomas Paine
Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament reveale

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. – Thomas Paine

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Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. – Thomas Paine

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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. – Thomas Paine

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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings. – Garrett Hardin

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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion. – Thomas More

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The question of religion was a matter for each individuals conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area. – James Larkin

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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth. – Ram Dass

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Fanatics do not have faith – they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling. – Yann Martel

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