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This is a book which gives concrete evidences on the presentations by Thomas Paine in his text The Age of Reason. This paper comes up with a thesis statement which forms of the basis in which this paper has been discussed. This paper presents exact evidences and views which had been presented by Thomas Paine in his text, and critically presenting the views which the author had been able to present to his readers the whole world. Basically, Thomas Paine’s views had been against the church and Christian provisions in the religious teachings which had been passed down in the Bible from the past to the present generation.
Introduction
Different authors will use literature in passing across their views which they greatly believe can have impacts on their societies. As well, such form of presentation can be given in an approach so that a given postulation or idea may be passed across to the reader. In other words, the use of literature can be greatly beneficial when we want to drive home and into the ears of men our grandest thoughts and views of reason. The past years have been filled with great writers who have been able to achieve information and knowledge passage to the greatest majority of individuals (Claeys 38). In this case, one of the considerable revelations of this information passage can be deduced from The Age of Reason, which was a pamphlet text written by Thomas Paine. In his book, Paine does depict much of the Bible and proves to the reader that it is undeniably reconcilable. According to Paine, he attacks the Bible by arguing that it shows and presents the weakest evidence which can be presented by man to God. The Age of Reason which was written by Paine was nothing but a piece of delicate document which is a pure investigation of the fabulous and true theology based on deistic approach and intervention. Paine sees the institutionalized religion and challenges of the religion to be weak and out of order, something which makes the evidences in the religion and the Bible extremely illegitimate.
Paine’s Arguments as Presented in the Age Of Reason
The Age of Reason is a critical piece of pamphlet which was written in an attempt to criticize the institutionalized religion and the major challenges which disprove the legitimacy the Holy Bible. Having been published in three parts between 1794 and in 1807, it was able to cause a short-lived form of deistic rejuvenation and revival. However, in some parts of the world such as in Britain in which it was received with great hatred and hostility. In the Age of Reason, Pained presented a common deistic view and arguments in which he analyses the first weakness in the Church to be the increased corruption which had become the favorite for majority of the Christians (Thompson 31). During the same time, Paine was keen to observe that the Church had been so much involved in an effort and progression towards the acquisition of political power which should not be the progression of the church whatsoever since the obligation of the Church was in the preparation of humanity for a higher form of understanding. Because of this, the author did see the religion belief to be greatly mistaken and unable to give satisfaction to the people within the religious faith.
Another piece of evidence in arguing against the church was in his advocacy that, in the place of what is known as revelation as presented in the Bible, and thus he ended up leading to an argument that he was able to reject any form of miracles and by so doing viewing the Bible to be nothing of a greater purpose, but just some form of an ordinary literary piece and not in all an inspired piece of literature as many had been preaching (Thompson 38). In that case, Paine went ahead to argue that the Bible must be some form of book which had been written by Man in an attempt to promote the natural religion and by so doing be able to argue and propose for a creator being, and a God who shall judge man in the very end. Paine as well noted this piece of creation to have been invented by man as a way of fostering social contract and make man a good creature who shall not injure fellow man, and by so doing ensure that men’s peace had been protected form fellow men. Due to this kind of suggestion as passed across by Paine, many people had been banned from purchasing the book. Many copies had been destroyed in countries such as Britain since it had been leading the people astray (Thompson 76). However, despite all the interventions which had been put in place to prevent the progression of the information to the majority of people, Paine was able to make deism as something very accessible as well as appealing to a large group of people.
In an approach to pass his point home, Paine started his first part with the Creed, and here he did give his view that he strongly believed in only one God, and would not believe something else. As well he hoped to achieve better happiness once the present life was over. He as well did believe in the equality of all men in general, and as well believed in religious duties which should be able to offer nothing but justice, give caring mercy, and as well as endeavoring in making all fellow-creatures to be happy the whole world over (Claeys 50). From the creed, many would think that Paine was on the side of the religious faith, but goes ahead to show that there were very many things which did not give the Church a prestige which it really deserved. He thus goes ahead to give his views on how he had found it very hard not to believe entirely with what had been professed and taught within the Jewish Church, the Roman Church, and also with the Greek Churches, and all other Protestant Churches as well. Intelligently, Paine went ahead to prove to man that the true church was the one that existed only in his own mind (Thompson 71).
Paine made himself very clear that what he had been passing across to the people was not making a declaration of condemning the individuals who had been believing otherwise. He does this by saying that all people, including himself, had the right to believe any belief, or not to. But he did argue that it was necessary for the happiness of any man to be from the faithfulness on himself. However, Paine viewed infidelity to be something which cannot in any way exist in the power of believing, or even in disbelieving. This gave the reason why he never believed in the teachings of the church, though he himself could tell what would have been necessary for him in terms of his faith and religious belief. Looking keenly at the establishments of Paine’s creed, it should be noted that it critically comes up with an encapsulation of the major themes which form part of his text (Claeys 98). These themes have been based on the firm belief for a creator-God, the skepticism which regards most of the supernatural claims which come in human life and later in life, and even afterwards after the end of it (Paine 43). He as well gave a critical conviction on the virtues and how they should keenly be derived from having a consideration on others, and not on oneself. This was also brought to a concise conclusion by establishing how one’s right for his conscience was something prophetic and of great importance.
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