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==Views on Religion and Religious Liberty==

==Views on Religion and Religious Liberty==

Paine was the son of an [[Anglican]] and a [[Quaker]], and grew to become a devout [[Deist]].  Paine was skeptical about miracles in [[Christianity]], and became an opponent of the [[Bible]].  Thirty years after his successful ''Common Sense'' he published ''The Age of Reason'' (1807),<ref>The first part was written earlier, in 1794.</ref> in which he asserts that organized religions, including Christianity, are frauds.  

Paine was the son of an [[Anglican]] and a [[Quaker]], and grew to become a [[Deist]].  Paine was skeptical about miracles in [[Christianity]], and became an opponent of the [[Bible]].  Thirty years after his successful ''Common Sense'' he published ''The Age of Reason'' (1807),<ref>The first part was written earlier, in 1794.</ref> in which he asserts that organized religions, including Christianity, are frauds.  

But Thomas Paine vigorously defended freedom of religion:

But Thomas Paine vigorously defended freedom of religion: