“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man” -Thomas Paine We can have a loving God, or a cruel one. The true values of God are reflected in the actions of those whom profess belief.
Category Archives: Thomas Paine and Religion
On the Divinity of Reason
“It is only by the exercise of reason that man can discover God.”
On Whether God Is a Christian
“Why may we not suppose that the great Father of all is pleased with a variety of devotion? And that the greatest offence we can act is that by which we seek to torment and render each other miserable? …I do not believe that any two men, on what are called doctrinal points, think alike, …