"When debilitating illness forced [Paine] to move down to New York City, clergymen would show up at his quarters --and as death approached, even at his bedside--to harass him with dire warnings of what awaited should he refuse to recant his infidelity and return to Christianity. Nevertheless, Paine gave them no satisfaction. Determined to meet the Creator on his own terms, he held firmly to his beliefs." (Harvey Kaye, Thomas Paine and the Promise of America, p. 116).
"If Paine had ceased his writings with 'The Rights of Man' he would have been hailed today as one of the two or three outstanding figures of the Revolution. But 'The Age of Reason' cost him glory at the hands of his countrymen--a greater loss to them than to Paine." (Thom. Edison, 1925).
I would give worlds, if I had them, if the 'Age of Reason' had never been published. O Lord, help me! Christ, help me! Stay with me! It is hell to be left alone!
"When debilitating illness forced [Paine] to move down to New York City, clergymen would show up at his quarters --and as death approached, even at his bedside--to harass him with dire warnings of what awaited should he refuse to recant his infidelity and return to Christianity. Nevertheless, Paine gave them no satisfaction. Determined to meet the Creator on his own terms, he held firmly to his beliefs." (Harvey Kaye, Thomas Paine and the Promise of America, p. 116).
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"If Paine had ceased his writings with 'The Rights of Man' he would have been hailed today as one of the two or three outstanding figures of the Revolution. But 'The Age of Reason' cost him glory at the hands of his countrymen--a greater loss to them than to Paine." (Thom. Edison, 1925).
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Last words of Thomas Paine denouncing Atheism:
I would give worlds, if I had them, if the 'Age of Reason' had never been published. O Lord, help me! Christ, help me! Stay with me! It is hell to be left alone!
—Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
opios80 2 years ago