Consider the following notions by Paine, where he establishes his creed by stating “All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.”
He wastes no time in attacking the basic foundations or churches and religious practicing personas. He understands that an assault on the premise of conduct, however terrible the conduct may be, is just fringe and can without much of a stretch be shielded. Are the clerics of some congregation corrupt? Indeed, they are just frail people, and in any occasion their celestially appointed ceremonies are still remarkable. Does a religious church or establishment supports violence? All things considered, there are chronicled or social reasons, and historically documented events that expresses violence but, can the violence be associated with the institution or the people who manipulates the institutional teachings to go for war or violence. Indeed, it is the former case. Otherwise considering the persona of the religious prophets, history recorded and emphasized on …show more content…
His discussion is based upon the claims made by the religious institutions that they are doing the work of God as directed by God. The attack by Paine is simple and based upon the logical definition that he provides with respect to the term revelation. He attacks the Jewish, Christian and the Muslims but, why is reluctant to utilize the other religious doctrines that also believe so. What about his own creed or church that he establishes that he only believes in one God? The Turks believe in one God and many Christians also believe in one God, so what kind of God does Paine believe in? Paine consolidates his claim by simply manipulating the basic religious beliefs and forwards his own notions of religion. He does so in the following