Thomas Paine Quotes

...the Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any.

I think of the Bible as an unauthorized biography.

I have faith in the Torah. I am not afraid of truth.

The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way; But better had they ne'er been born That read to doubt or read to scorn.

What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God!

I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in the scriptures. Rather, I prefer to dwell with the source, tasting of the unadulterated waters of the fountain of truth - the word of God as he gave it and as it has been recorded in the books we accept as scripture.

The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.

The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.

The Bible is … authoritative on everything of which it speaks. And it speaks of everything.

Bible is more reliable than tradition

The Bible states it. It must be so.

Revealed religion had no weight with me.

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

We must never allow the majority to overrule the clear teaching of the Word of God.

Draw nigh to the righteous, and through them you will draw nigh to God. Communicate with those who possess humility, and you will learn morals from them. A man who follows one who loves God becomes rich in the mysteries of God; but he who follows an unrighteous and proud man gets far away from God, and will be hated by his friends.

The Bible is to me the most precious thing in the world, because it tells me his story; and what good men thought about him who knew him and accepted him.

The Word of the Lord endures forever. The Bible is to judge us; we're not to judge the Bible.

The New Testament is remarkable for its pure morality; the best of the Hindoo Scripture, for its pure intellectuality. The readeris nowhere raised into and sustained in a higher, purer, or rarer region of thought than in the Bhagvat-Geeta.... It is unquestionably one of the noblest and most sacred scriptures which have come down to us.

The word of God is our only standard, and the Holy Spirit our only teacher.

When Christians speak of the authority of Scripture, because Christians believe that this word, even though it's mediated through many different human authors, nevertheless is God breathed and is revealed by God and is utterly reliable and all that it says, with all of its different literary genres, it's trustworthy and without mistake or distortion. It is trustworthy and therefore, because it is from God it has God's authority.

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

If we once get above our Bibles and cease making the written Word of God our sole rule both as to faith and practice, we shall soon lie open to all manner of delusion and be in great danger of making shipwreck of faith and a good conscience.

The Word of God is a lamp by night, a light by day, and a delight at all times.

We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.

The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in this earth. Not a Baptism, not a Marriage, not a Sacrament can be administered but by the Holy Ghost... There is no Authority civil or religious: there can be no legitimate Government but what is administered by this Holy Ghost. There can be no salvation without it. All, without it is Rebellion and Perdition, or in more orthodox words Damnation.