Saturday, July 20, 2024


THOMAS PAINE
The Age of Reason (1794)

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. The declaration, which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children, is contrary to every principle of moral justice.



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