prevail, it will not be believing any thing new, but in get- ting rid of redundancies, and believing as man believed at first. 1 Adam, if ever there was such a man, was created a Deist; but in the mean time, let every man follow, as he has a right to do, the religion and worship he prefers.
"In the childhood of the world," according to the first (French) version; and the strict translation of the final sentence is : "Deism was the religion of Adam, supposing him not an imaginary being; but none the less must it be left to all men to follow, as is their right, the religion and worship they prefer." -- Editor.
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Publication Information: Book Title: The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology. Contributors: Thomas Paine - author, Moncure Daniel Conway - editor. Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1904. Page Number: 84.
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