The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upo…

Thomas Paine
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The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice. ✨ Thomas Paine (2016). THE AGE OF REASON - Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (Including “The Life of Thomas Paine”): Deistic Critique of Bible and Christian Church, p.51, e-artnow
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The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily accomplished. ✨ Thomas Paine (1839). The Crisis: A Work Written While … ▶
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. ✨ Thomas Paine (2011). The Age of Reason, p.119, Broadview Press
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