[The Writings of Thomas Paine Volume IV. by Thomas Paine]@TWC D-Link bookThe Writings of Thomas Paine Volume IV. CHAPTER VIII - OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 1/11
THUS much for the Bible; I now go on to the book called the New Testament.
The new Testament! that is, the 'new' Will, as if there could be two wills of the Creator. Had it been the object or the intention of Jesus Christ to establish a new religion, he would undoubtedly have written the system himself, or procured it to be written in his life time.
But there is no publication extant authenticated with his name.
All the books called the New Testament were written after his death.
He was a Jew by birth and by profession; and he was the son of God in like manner that every other person is; for the Creator is the Father of All. The first four books, called Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, do not give a history of the life of Jesus Christ, but only detached anecdotes of him.
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