... apple (and in fact in his conclusion states how they make Jesus kill himself, a Jew killing a Jew in favor of the Roman Empire). Paine continues to have a problem with the superstitious nature of the stories combined with the fact that the power of the so-called prophets is constantly being put in terms of evil. In this regard, he cites the ... with Jewish priests seeking vengeance against the moral words any single man of their own race spoke. Perhaps Paine's strongest argument is that anyone can manipulate language to form any meaning desired. Quoting Addison, he points out the more p...

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