Every national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals. The Jews have their Moses; the Christians their Jesus Christ, their apostles and saints; and the Turks their Mahomet; as if the way to God was not open to every man alike.
-- Thomas Paine
from: The Age of Reason (Book 1796).
Categories: Thomas Paine,The Age of Reason