"Loving of enemies is another dogma of feigned morality, and has beside no meaning....Those who preach the doctrine of loving their enemies are in general the greatest prosecutors, and they act consistently by so doing; for the doctrine is hypocritical, and it is natural that hypocrisy should act the reverse of what it preaches." – Thomas Paine
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2007-09-13 10:36:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"The Bible was established altogether by the sword, and that in the worst use of it -- not to terrify but to extirpate." --- Thomas Paine
"What is it the Bible teaches us? -- rape, cruelty, and murder." – Thomas Paine
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2007-09-13 10:37:05 · update #1
He has been in hell a long, long time now.
2007-09-13 10:42:16 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I've been "loved" by Christians all my life and think I'm lucky to have survived.
Thomas Paine was a deist in his own times, and would surely have been an atheist in ours. He was the moral voice of the Founding Fathers. A great human being.....
2007-09-13 17:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Paine is one of the greatest minds of history.
2007-09-13 17:41:23 · answer #3 · answered by Gawdless Heathen 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Thomas Paine was a Moron.
There is much he obviously failed to comprehend. Evil does not understand Good, only evil, when you respond to evil with good then evil doesn't know what to do because it does not understand good.
2007-09-13 17:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by LaptopJesus 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Paine was a god - so to speak
2007-09-13 17:40:53 · answer #5 · answered by Jack 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Eyup.
2007-09-13 17:40:56 · answer #6 · answered by Red 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Paine is now eternally in hell, so I would say his views are different now.
2007-09-13 17:42:24 · answer #7 · answered by CJ 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋