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Thomas Paine: As to what are called national religions, we may, with as much propriety, talk of national Gods.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
As to what are called national religions, we may, with as much propriety, talk of national Gods.
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Thomas Paine

Editor's note · Context

In "Rights of Man," Paine dismisses the concept of national religions by comparing it to the absurdity of national gods.

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