tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post116875096958286609..comments2024-03-04T13:23:26.433-06:00Comments on Stardust Musings and Thoughts for the Freethinker: Thomas Paine - excerpt from the 'Age of Reason', 1794Stardusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10560872454564355114noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-1168817191020641372007-01-14T17:26:00.000-06:002007-01-14T17:26:00.000-06:00Age of Reason was the 1st full critique of xtianit...Age of Reason was the 1st full critique of xtianity I'd ever read. What a firebrand was Paine. He had an uncanny eye for foolishness, & the courage to call it what it was. <BR/>Of course, some xtians still bandy about the rumor that he recanted on his deathbed. Ingersoll scotched that toot sweet in the 19th CE, but it persists today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-1168800761734093052007-01-14T12:52:00.000-06:002007-01-14T12:52:00.000-06:00Thanks Merchant... I *think* I have a hard copy. I...Thanks Merchant... I *think* I have a hard copy. It's hard to remember as I have LOTS of books I haven't read yet...... [grin]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-1168797463256326382007-01-14T11:57:00.000-06:002007-01-14T11:57:00.000-06:00cyberkitten,You can download it from Project Guten...cyberkitten,<BR/><BR/>You can download it from Project Gutenberg for free: click <A HREF="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3743" REL="nofollow">here</A>Liam O'Cionnfhaolaidhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317353275160197409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-1168793555610278042007-01-14T10:52:00.000-06:002007-01-14T10:52:00.000-06:00It's on my reading list... along with *so* much el...It's on my reading list... along with *so* much else. I guess I'll get around to it eventally... [grin].CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-1168790997575273042007-01-14T10:09:00.000-06:002007-01-14T10:09:00.000-06:00I read Age of Reason last year after procrastinati...I read Age of Reason last year after procrastinating for so long. It amazes me that he wrote what he did more than 200 years ago and that much of the book is still relevant today.Tommykeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-1168790771085787042007-01-14T10:06:00.000-06:002007-01-14T10:06:00.000-06:00I've been meaning to order some of Paine's writing...I've been meaning to order some of Paine's writings for a long time. I just added Age of Reason to my Amazon wishlist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955218.post-1168787878269261332007-01-14T09:17:00.000-06:002007-01-14T09:17:00.000-06:00Great quote.Great quote.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.com