The church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the… — Thomas Paine
The church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears. It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty.
The Age of Reason · 1794
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Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.
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Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.
