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Thomas Paine, "If God talks to me, it's revelation. If I tell you about it, it's hearsay
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Interesting quote by tom paine, I would say there is belief in what he is saying. I would also say many of the things paine spoke of where truths that he believed in, he motivated people with his belief, and they believed as well. He brought people together under a flag of belief.
I'm not trying to preach, I don't attend Church, but I do believe.
I believe men find truth in revelation that paine spoke of and do great things with that truth. But I also understand that bernays believed. But his belief structure was based on a darker understanding of how to get people motivated to do things.
A total secular society is not far away in the western world, with it we will loose the ability to decern truth, without the ability to believe in truth we are all lost. Paine inspired men to believe, but so did Bernays, European Facists believed in Bernays in the 30s, as do many politians in America and Europe today, the problem we all have is "belief"
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The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Edward Bernayes, USA.
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