Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power could make? For the Bible says one thing; and the creation says the contrary. The Bible represents God with all the passions of a mortal, and the creation proclaims him with all the attributes of a God.


Appendix to the Theological Works of Thomas Paine (ed. 1820)

Thomas Paine Quotes

Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power...

Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power...

Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power...

Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power...