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Editorial Note IMMEDIATELY after perusal of Bishop Watson’s reply to “The Age of Reason” (“An Apology for the Bible,” 1796) Paine began his answer to it. By reference to his letter to Jefferson (vol. iii. P. 377 of this edition) it will be seen that in October, 1800, he was still writing on it, and […]

Contents Preface Chapter I – The Old Testament Chapter II – The New Testament Chapter III – Conclusion PREFACE I HAVE mentioned in the former part of The Age of Reason that it had long been my intention to publish my thoughts upon Religion; but that I had originally reserved it to a later period […]

Contents Chapter I – The Author’s Profession Of Faith Chapter II – Of Missions And Revelations Chapter III – Concerning The Character of Jesus Christ, And His History Chapter IV – Of The Bases Of Christianity Chapter V – Examination In Detail Of The Preceding Bases Chapter VI – Of The True Theology Chapter VII […]

Editor’s Introduction to the Age of Reason Moncure D. Conway WITH SOME RESULTS OF RECENT RESEARCHES. IN the opening year, 1793, when revolutionary France had beheaded its king, the wrath turned next upon the King of kings, by whose grace every tyrant claimed to reign. But eventualities had brought among them a great English and […]

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Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. This file made available by Bill Restemeyer and the Internet Infidels for The Freethought Web. The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom Thomas Jefferson, 1786 Well aware that Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section IX   Luke 13:1 THERE were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2. And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section VIII   Luke 12:1 IN the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section VII   Matthew 8:1 WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. Matthew 6:6 And he went round about the villages, teaching. Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29. […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section VI   Matthew 7:1 JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. 2. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section V   Matthew 6:1 TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section IV   Matthew 5:1 AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXXI   John 18:1 Judas betrayeth Jesus WHEN Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXX   Mark 14:1 Conspiracy against Christ. After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2. But they said, Not on […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section III   Matthew 12:1 AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath-day through the corn, and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXIX   Matthew 25:1 Parable of the ten virgins. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3. They that were […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXVIII   Matthew 24:1 Jerusalem’s destruction foretold. AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him, for into shew him the buildings of the temple. 2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXVII   Matthew 23:1 The Pharisees exposed, &c. THEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples. 2. Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: 3. All therefore whatsoever they bid you obsene, that observe and do; but do not ye after […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXVI   Matthew 22:1 AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. 3. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXV   Matthew 21:1 AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethpage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2. Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXIV   Luke 19:1 The publican Zaccheus AND Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2. And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXIII   Matthew 20:1 The labourers in the vineyard. FOR the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2. And when he had agreed with the labourers for […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXII   Matthew 19:1 AND it came to pass, that, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan: 2. And great multitudes followed him, 3. The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXI   Luke 18:1 The importunate widow. AND he spake a parable unto them, to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2. Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3. And there […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XX   Luke 17:1 To avoid giving offense. THEN said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him through whom they come? 2. It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section II   Luke 3:1 NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, […]

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XIX   Luke 16:1 Of the unjust steward. AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2. And he called him, and said unto […]