Yup.I'm reading The Age of Reason, I like his thinking :D
I've also got The Rights of Man, but I've not started that yet.
(I've also got The Rights of Man, but I've not started that yet.
Rev. Cleo still alive,
Wed 29 Jul 2009, 10:09,
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Goodness.I've heard he's a bit erratic in his principles and showed distinct signs of just enjoying a good revolution more than anything else, unlike, say, Edmund Burke, who supported the American revolution but got cold feet about the rather nastier French one. Still, fair enough, good nerdery.
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Wed 29 Jul 2009, 10:13,
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The Age of Reason is all about him not liking organised religion.But still saying "I believe in a higher power."
He seems to say that he doesn't like organised religion because of how it deceives and is deceived by itself, though he mentions a pious lie where he says some people realise that religion is shit, but still do it to help others, while others just use religion as a way of persecution or self delusion.
It's very interesting :) And that was just in the hastily written first part, where he didn't have a bible to refer to. His second part is after being captured by the French revolutionaries and freed again. So then given access to a Bible to use scripture to help refute rebuttals against his first part.
It's all quite facinating :D
He also says how a religious experience, such as something being revealed to someone, is personal, and so cannot be easily tranferred to more than one person. So anything a higher power says to someone, is then just hearsay when they then say it to someone else.
(He seems to say that he doesn't like organised religion because of how it deceives and is deceived by itself, though he mentions a pious lie where he says some people realise that religion is shit, but still do it to help others, while others just use religion as a way of persecution or self delusion.
It's very interesting :) And that was just in the hastily written first part, where he didn't have a bible to refer to. His second part is after being captured by the French revolutionaries and freed again. So then given access to a Bible to use scripture to help refute rebuttals against his first part.
It's all quite facinating :D
He also says how a religious experience, such as something being revealed to someone, is personal, and so cannot be easily tranferred to more than one person. So anything a higher power says to someone, is then just hearsay when they then say it to someone else.
Rev. Cleo still alive,
Wed 29 Jul 2009, 10:21,
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