The Age of Reason

By: Thomas Paine

Narrated by: Robin Field

Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, published in three parts from 1794, was a best seller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. Promoting a creator-God while advocating reason in the place of revelation, Paine’s controversial pamphlet caused his native British audience, fearing the results of the French Revolution, to receive it with more hostility than their American counterparts. This passionate and engaging recording of Paine’s classic is as certain to provoke modern listeners to thought as it did his original audience.

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Well said

I love the fact that this guy alaws others there freedom to believe what they want and to be who they are!!! 🫀😇🙏🏼

A ideas hidden in plain view...

clear presentation of often neglected historical significance. clear presentation of often neglected historical significance

Would like to see serious scholarly criticism

I'd be curious to see any refutations of this work, serious ones. I recognize the Paine was not likely to be working in the original Greek and Hebrew. I get that the understanding that the Gospels were not the work of the named Apostle was not common understanding, nor, perhaps, was it commonly understood the Moses didn't right the first few chapters of the old testament either. I'm not sure that a common fallacy isn't necessarily a refutation of the Bible. I do think he raises many good points, although I didn't find his descriptions of Deism to be all that complete. What I found most interesting was to wonder if many that have seemingly misunderstood the Church/State separation, could even begin to comprehend this work, and the implications it has for their view of the "Founding Fathers."

Worth reading if the bible is important to you

It is always good to know what kind of criticism others have against something you hold dear. If you pray to the Christian God you owe yourself to read this book!

The man's pen was clearly on fire

when he said "mystery is the antagonist of Truth" I felt that. Some might find the narration a bit too passionate but based on the topic, I see why it's narrated like that

little too much emotion

the story was amazing. the book was amazing! very articulate and detailed in the arguments against religion. I love Paine, but I think the reader of the story was trying to guess just how frustrated Paine was with religion by adding emotional exclamation in some sentence or emotionally emphasizing a word and the end of a sentence to show how impatient he was at explaining this to religious people.

THE KERNEL OF STEM N MECHANICAL ARTS

PAINE IS ONE OF MY IDOLS...I JUST WISH HE COULD HAVE USED MUCH BETTER TONE, EXPRESSIONS AND WORDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THOMAS PAINE.

Under-appreciated.

This historic work gives great of information to consider on Western Religion and it’s shortcomings.

Incredible polemic of Christianity

In part one, Thomas Paine lays out his argument for his disappointment in Christianity and the falsehoods found in it. In part two, he painstakingly goes through the Bible and uses its own words to show how the New Testament isn’t a 2000+ year old book that was written by the Apostles. And neither is the former part a 5000 year old book. Instead, it was written by poets and authors who simply wanted to write stories and was compiled into this larger book called “the Bible” hundreds of years after the death of Jesus Christ.

Outstanding truth in analysis of the Bible.

Paine deserves his place in history. This treatise on the absurdity of the Bible is thoughtful and irrefutable.