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emotional · 07-17-2003, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by butswana
I thought Age of Reason was boring.

I didn't.

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Paine came off as a mean hateful curmudgeon.

With Christianity the subject, how can one not be?

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I didn't think his criticism of christianity was all that hot either.

He did the best he could for that period.

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He was pretty pompous about his perfect deism. This mother fucker thought he had it all figured out.

No more pompous and confident than atheists today are about atheism.

DoubleDutchy · 07-18-2003, 04:22 AM

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Originally posted by butswana
I thought Age of Reason was boring. Paine came off as a mean hateful curmudgeon. I didn't think his criticism of christianity was all that hot either.
He was pretty pompous about his perfect deism. This mother fucker thought he had it all figured out.
Kinda kicks the whole xtian nation thing in the nuts though.

I think this post was boring. Butswana comes off as a mean hateful curmudgeon. I don't think his criticism of Paine is all that hot either.
He is pretty pompous about his perfect grasp of Paine's deism. This mother fucker thinks he has it all figured out.
Kinda kicks the whole Enlightenment thing in the nuts though.

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