The story of the redemption will not stand examination. That man shoul…

Thomas Paine
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The story of the redemption will not stand examination. That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by committing a murder on Jesus Christ, is the strangest system of religion ever set up. ✨ Thomas Paine (1854). The Works of Thomas Paine: A Hero in the American Revolution. With an Account of His Life ..., p.248
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