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re: Who all has read "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine?
Posted on 2/16/14 at 6:41 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 2/16/14 at 6:41 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Thomas Paine was a bad person in many ways
Feel free to expound, chief.
Advocating for rational thinking and criticizing the political and religious institutions which existed prior to the revolution as well as those established afterward certainly made him a lot of enemies, particularly among prominent religious leaders as well as the Federalists, but I fail to see how that makes him a bad man. He was a deist who supported limited government, tore into monarchies and civil institutions which actively sought to restrict civil liberties, he was a major proponent of the separation of the church and state as well as the abolition of slavery, going so far as to beg Jefferson to not allow slavery in the new states following the Louisiana purchase, and on top of that let's not forget that he repeatedly gave a voice that not only aptly summarized the spirit of the revolution, but served to strengthen the patriots fighting for independence.
So, again I fail to see how he was a bad man in many ways.
This post was edited on 2/16/14 at 7:00 am
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