Thomas Paine by John Koritansky
...ight. He also says that monarchy is cause by the bible because it started in the Bible. He also tears apart the Old and New Testaments explaining how religion has caused evil in our world. Thomas Paine acted radical going against monarchy. Before Paine’s pamphlet, everyone was just trying to find a way to make the king listen and did not think about becoming independent. According to Paine, government is a necessary evil because man is tempted. He feels that government should be run by all people because no man should be exalted over another. He also feels that forced consent is not technically consent therefore; if consent is given by force, it is not valid. Just because one man is capable of ruling does not mean his descendents will be and his descendents were not given consent to govern. This is one example that shows Paine was a radical. Paine is now considered socialist because of his thoughts about the poor and the rich. He did not want rich, he wanted everyone to be equal in one class. He wanted to put caps on the amount of money made so that nobody was extremely rich or poor. He created a system to help the poor by giving them the money that was overflow from caps. He felt the rich did not need the money and probably did not really earn it. This was a radical thing to express in the 1700’s when America was extremely Capitalist. The last point made that shows Paine was radical was the argument that Paine was an atheist. Paine is thought to be an atheist mainly due to his insulting of the Bible in the Age of Reason. First, Paine thinks that God in some ways is evil himself. He thinks that since God had Jesus die on the cross and suffer that God liked to watch pain and suffering. He also thinks that because in the Old Testament God wiped out innocent people for his chosen people. He also feels that God is the cause of monarchy. He thinks God is the cause of monarchy because God is like a king and people see that as a good thing. He also feels that the fact there are so many religions worshipi...