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Deism Thomas Paine

January 29, 1737 youtubedeistreality.blogspot.com Happy Birthday Thomas Paine Tom Paine you have nothing to be sorry for. You did your part,and you did it well. The true Deist as you say,or the pure Deists as Mr. Benjamin Franklin calls us are on the move. We’re going to take over the faiths of this world with the reality that you brought forth one true Deist at a time. Deism is spreading,and we have you to thank,and many others who have the courage to stand up for God,and stand up for truth. God is a reality that doesn’t require faith to believe,and the faiths of the world cast our Maker in a bad light. The pure Deist is going to help free these people from the faith that blinds them from God’s true word that is found in the Creation.

Thomas Paine and Modern Liberalism Part 4 | The New School

The New School for Social Research based in New York City, offers master’s and doctoral programs in anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, psychology, and sociology; interdisciplinary master’s programs in historical studies and liberal studies | www.newschool.edu A new era for politics is struck; a new method of thinking has arisen. So proclaimed Thomas Paine in 1776, making the case for American independence. But Paine did not stop there. For the next forty-some years until his death in 1809, he continued to sound the call for change on both sides of the Atlantic: the eradication of hereditary government and privilege; enfranchisement for the common man; abolition of slavery; freedom from organized religion; a preliminary blueprint for Social Security; an end to barbaric punishments; and, not least, an end to unnecessary wars. Fast forward two hundred years, from We have it in our power to begin the world over again to Yes we can: it is hardly surprising that Paines emphasis on change continues to reverberate in our nation — and that Barack Obama himself would tap into this spirit by citing lines from Paines first American Crisis paper in his inaugural speech. Yet, even with change on the national agenda, we are still left with that which Paine identified as the curious phenomenon of a nation looking one way, and a government the other—the one forward and the other backward.” The issues of poverty, inequality, torture and faith-determined legislation (to name …

Thomas Paine: From Pirate to Revolutionary | by Jeff Riggenbach

TheLudwig von Mises Institute presents The Libertarian Tradition, a weekly podcast with Jeff Riggenbach. mises.org DISCLAIMER The Ludwig von Mises Institute has given permission under the Creative Commons license that this audio presentation can be publicly reposted as long as credit is given to the Mises Institute and other guidelines are followed. More info at: creativecommons.org This YouTube channel is in no way endorsed by or affiliated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, any of its lecturers or staff members. * * * * * Jeff Riggenbach is an American libertarian journalist, author, editor, broadcaster, and educator. Riggenbach’s first book, In Praise of Decadence (1998), argued that the baby boomers turned out to be far more libertarian in their personal philosophy than had been expected. His second book, Why American History Is Not What They Say: An Introduction to Revisionism (2009), argued that political events and trends in late 20th Century America had led to a rebirth of popular interest in revisionist accounts of American history. In this study of American revisionists, Riggenbach identifies three distinct phases within American revisionism. (Source: Wikipedia) Jeff Riggenbach’s official website: www.bearslair.net Links to online books and essays by Jeff Riggenbach Why American History Is Not What They Say: An Introduction to Revisionism mises.org Meeting Murray Rothbard On the Road to Libertarianism www.lewrockwell.com Isabel Paterson Biography Fills in Gaps …