Drich, you may want to brush up on your history a bit here and start reading a work from Thomas Paine entitled The Age Of Reason, printed in 1889 in the USA. It contains the following from him on his opinion on religion:
Cool stuff eh? Italicized and underlined by me to show importance.
Know this too. Thomas Paine is credited, in large part, for being responsible for the formation of the United States. He is long known for his fight against tyranny, fighting in both the American Revolution as well as the French Revolution.
Due to the 30/30 rule, until I have permission from staff here to post the link I found my information from, if anyone is interested, pm me and I will send you the link.
Quote: "I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
But, lest it should be supposed that I believe in many other things in addition to these, I shall, in the progress of this work, declare the things I do not believe, and my reasons for not believing them.
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
Cool stuff eh? Italicized and underlined by me to show importance.
Know this too. Thomas Paine is credited, in large part, for being responsible for the formation of the United States. He is long known for his fight against tyranny, fighting in both the American Revolution as well as the French Revolution.
Due to the 30/30 rule, until I have permission from staff here to post the link I found my information from, if anyone is interested, pm me and I will send you the link.
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
