...Paine 's views on the subject. He makes a profession of faith in the opening chapter, as follows : "I believe in one God and no more; and I hope for...happiness beyond this life. "I believe in the equality of men, and I believe that that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy and endeavoring...

...Paine 's views on the subject. He makes a profession of faith in the opening chapter, as follows : "I believe in one God and no more; and I hope for...happiness beyond this life. "I believe in the equality of men, and I believe that that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy and endeavoring...

...the other, fanaticism and superstition. "I believe," wrote Paine in the very first page of this work, "I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life." Many communicants of orthodox churches today are not so sure of God and immortality as was the "infidel"...

...humanity, and of the theology that is true." And then he sums up what he regards as the true theology: I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for...justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy. I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman...

...of the pamphlet appeared Paine's profession of faith as follows: "I believe in one God and no more; I hope for happiness, beyond this life; I believe in the equality of men, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavouring to...

...irreligion as "bizarre." Consider for example this passage that was penned by Thomas Paine in l794t "I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for...and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. "But, lest it should be supposed that I believe many other things in addition to these, I shall, in...

...are the Creator's last word. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic Creeds I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness...and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Anglo-American writer We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men...

...My own mind is my own church."6 Paine is not anti-religious; he writes, with great sincerity, that "I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. . . . and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to...

...that "I consider myself in the hands of my Creator. " He proclaimed that "To do good is my religion. I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy."39 Franklin admonished that the most "acceptable service" one can "render to"...

...to face.' Paine's confession of faith in the first chapter of The Age of Reason is short and moving: I believe in one God and no more: and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of men, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, having mercy, and endeavouring to...