Was Thomas Paine an atheist?
Answers to this question: » Answer from Gregory Lewis Answer given 356 days 5 hours ago. Selected as Best Answer! Thomas Paine, my favorite among the so-called Founding Fathers, was not an atheist. He was a Deist, but probably better accurately described as a Quaker. Look up Quaker to see all that it entails, which is too nuanced to really give justice here. Paine’s saying from Age of Reason, “My own mind is my own church,” is often seen on the marquees of Unitarian Churches. This saying resonates strongly with me. Paine was strongly and passionately patriotic. Paine was strongly and passionately for the separation of Church and State. Take that, all you demagogues who are trying to hoodwink us into believing that non-Christians must be un-American, or that America was intended to be a Christian nation. • Report • Give High 5 • More questions answered by this person » Comment from Goshwin Stone Comment made 355 days 17 hours ago. Bravo for you Gregory. Well-said. There was such a massi
