... from these statements that Paine is not a Christian, but he does believe in God, and in fact believes in a connection through revelation with God. When Paine opens up his third chapter with the statement that he does not mean to write in disrespect of Jesus Christ, it is obvious that he truly believes that the man, Jesus Christ, was a virtuous, moral ... is most probable they had this anecdote from his parents. In an interesting twist on Paine's argument utilizing Aristotle's ideal on poetics, Paine claims that the imagery in the books supposedly written by Prophets is actually poetry. ...

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... the serpent said is a lie. It may not be as obvious, why there are contradictory stories of the death of King Saul in the 31st chapter of 1 Samuel and the 1st chapter of 2 Samuel. The contradiction is understood when we realize that the story in 1 Samuel 31 is that of the biblical narrative, while the story ... in 2 Samuel 1 is that of a "man from Saul's camp" who hoped to win a reward from David by claiming to be the man who killed David's ... as part of its phrase; every phrase as part of its verse; every verse as part of its passage; every passage as part of its chapter; every chapt...

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