...that I know of. My own mind is my own church." Paine continued: "I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy. . . . All national institutions of churches . . . appear...

...ideas although they have never heard the word 'deism'. Miracles are reasonable Thomas Paine (1737-1809) 'I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavouring to make our fellow creatures happy.' Hume's argument against miracles led to a number...

...believer. Declaring The Age of Reason his "profession of faith," Paine wrote: I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy,...

...possible by framing them, after some prefatory remarks, at the very start of Age: I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe [in] the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy,...

...religion is to be good. ..every religion is good, that teaches man to be good. ..I believe in one God and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life... I do not believe in the creed of any Church I know of. My own mind is my church."244 As Jefferson and...

...confer upon Thomas Paine an estate of several hundred acres ? "I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy." " My own mind is my own church." " It is necessary...