The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of …

Thomas Paine
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The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of an apparition, such as timid imaginations can always create in vision, and credulity believe. Stories of this kind had been told of the assassination of Julius Caesar. ✨ Thomas Paine (1830). The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, p.138
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