The Deception Of Thomas Paine
It's not that Thomas Paine was wrong. Or that he wanted to deceive
people. Because of the Metaphysical Nature of Mind that must be
developed over the course of many lives, he could not convey the
Whole Truth to the people who read his pamphlets. Resulting in the
reality that those people who blindly followed his writings, in many
instances became even more intellectually disenfranchised than the
blind believers who he opposed. When Thomas Paine wrote of his Mind
being the Church, as seen in his statement:
“I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by
the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the
Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is
my own church. All national institutions of churches, whether
Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human
inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize
power and profit.” -- because he did not -- or more
correctly, could not -- explain how his Mental-Church developed and
was built over the course of many lifetimes, Deism became burdened
by the atheists who became its leaders -- i.e., Revealed Deism and
the "priest=craft" of the Church of Atheism.
An Enlightened Deist understands the Laws of Nature and Nature's God
as the means to construct the Church of an intellectually advanced
people who understood the purpose and mysteries of Life. But in
failing to understand why all people were not born knowing and
enlightened -- why all people espoused and clung to different and
often contrary beliefs -- many of which were paradoxical and in
opposition to each other -- Deism itself became all that the 18th
century Enlightened Deists opposed and rejected. And therein lies
the problem as seen in the fact that mind and consciousness is in
fact Metaphysical -- which is defined as
"the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of the mind".
Which means that the Church of Mind that Thomas Paine made reference
to, cannot be examined and seen with man's organic physical sense of
vision. Moreover, what is portrayed as Natural Religion which is
based upon The Laws of Nature and Nature's God, is also
Metaphysical. Which means that genuine Deism is in fact a purely
Metaphysical path -- totally unsuitable for atheists whose only
motivation is to reject the religious path. And the reality of both
Mind and the Natural Laws lies beyond the perceptive-vision of the
vast majority of mankind. Which means that like a physical church or
organization, every person's Mental-Church has to be built and
constructed if the person is to achieve the ability to know the
Truth. Which further means that when a Deist states: "God gave us
reason, and not religion", the gift of reason (1) was not
bestowed equally among all the people's of the earth; and (2) unless
the person understands how the intellect is evolved and matured
through the Natural Laws over the course of many lives, then the
person's claim to be a Deist is the result of the
"priest-craft" of
Revealed Deism.
What this means is that the Mind is Metaphysical. And the
Metaphysical Church of the Mind must be constructed within the
thinking and mindset of the person, in order to arise at an
Enlightened Level of Consciousness. Which provokes the question:
Since the gift of Reason was not equally bestowed among all people,
then how did Thomas Paine's Metaphysical Church of Mind get
constructed? Like all Advanced Souls, Thomas Paine had previously
lives many spiritually successful lives. Further, Thomas Paine was
born into a Quaker family -- and Quaker's believe that their only
teacher should be the Inner Light which they seek out during
extended periods of meditation and living in accord with the Laws of
God and Nature. People meditate in order to acquire self-knowledge
and a deeper understanding of Consciousness. In fact, one of the
fruits of meditation is to acquire the self-knowledge that is
revealed in the knowledge of each Soul's own previous lives that
person has lived. Which means that the wisdom of Thomas Paine was
built upon his Soul's spiritual accomplishments spanning countless
lives that he had lived. But what this also means is that the
Metaphysical Church of Mind that Thomas Paine was portraying as the
Source of his beliefs, was formed and constructed over the course of
many lives. And the fact that modern scientific investigation has
proven the belief in reincarnation to be true and valid (see Science
Proves Reincarnation
http://ChristianReincarnation.org#Science ) -- and that
prior to being corrupted by the fourth century Church of Rome, the
original Gospels taught reincarnation (see The Pre-Nicene Church
Taught Reincarnation
http://ChristianReincarnation.org#PreNiceneChurch ) -- yet
the vast majority of modern Deists cling to quasi-atheistic beliefs
that reject all things Metaphysical, and any understanding of how
Thomas Paine built his Church of Enlightened Mind.
In a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, Jefferson wrote
respecting the relationship of Deism and Christianity:
"To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to
the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only
sense he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines,
in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human
excellence; & believing he never claimed any other"
This same exact thought is expressed in the Wikipedia article under
Deism under the topic: History of religion and the deist mission:
"Most deists saw the religions of their
day as corruptions of an original, pure religion that was simple and
rational. They felt that this original pure religion had become
corrupted by "priests" who had manipulated it for personal gain and
for the class interests of the priesthood in general. According to
this world view, over time "priests" had succeeded in encrusting the
original simple, rational religion with all kinds of superstitions
and "mysteries" – irrational theological doctrines. Laymen were told
by the priests that only the priests really knew what was necessary
for salvation and that laymen must accept the "mysteries" on faith
and on the priests' authority. This kept the laity baffled by the
nonsensical "mysteries", confused, and dependent on the priests for
information about the requirements for salvation. The priests
consequently enjoyed a position of considerable power over the
laity, which they strove to maintain and increase. Deists referred
to this kind of manipulation of religious doctrine as "priestcraft",
a highly derogatory term. Deists saw their mission as the stripping
away of 'priestcraft' and 'mysteries' from religion, thereby
restoring religion to its original, true condition – simple and
rational. In many cases, they considered true, original Christianity
to be the same as this original natural religion."
Deism is built upon a Metaphysical understanding of the Natural Laws
as explored in what is portrayed as The Clockmaker Universe http://Deism.DivineStrategery.com#ClockmakerUniverse
. And Deists portrayed the teachings of Jesus as
"... original Christianity to be the
same as this original natural religion" (see The
Deism Of Jesus
http://Deism.DivineStrategery.com#DeismOfJesus ), because
Jesus taught how to fulfill the Natural Laws (see Jesus Fulfilled
And Taught The Natural Fulfillment Of The Laws Of God:
http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#JesusFulfilledTheLaw ). And
when the original followers of Jesus taught and promoted these Deist
concepts of Natural Religion that rejected all teaches and religions
of mankind, his original followers were rejected as heretics by the
Church of Rome (see Censorship Of The Truth And The Facts
http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#Censorship ). And while
Thomas Paine and the Enlightened Deists who set forth the foundation
of our God-Given Constitutional Rights were correct, the vast
majority of people could not understand how Paine's Metaphysical
Church of Mind was formed and constructed over the course of many
spiritually successful lives.
Part 2: Ignorant Atheists Who Have
Run Deism Into Irrationality
I recently made a post entitled The Atheist's Who Run
Deism - Where Have All The Deists Gone? (see
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2707503199387539...
) where the atheist stated:
"deists are often labeled as "atheists" including people
like Thomas Paine, because of skepticism".
When the portrayal of skepticism is based upon the
ignorance of the atheist about the true spiritual nature
of the scriptures, then it is abject ignorance to
portray Thomas Paine as an atheist. Why? The same Soul
who lived as Thomas Paine, lived many highly advanced
spiritual lives over the preceding 2000 years, including
the very brother of Jesus. But because blind faith-based
believers are as misinformed as atheists, Thomas Paine
could not convey that his rejection of Christianity was
based upon his own spiritual experiences from his Soul's
previous lives. Why? Because the Soul of Thomas Paine
had been persecuted in every life that he told the
people the truth with respect to the foundation of the
Gospel teachings which was based upon the pre-existent
soul that evolves to Wholeness and Perfection over the
course of many lives (see Pre-Nicene Church Taught
Reincarnation
http://ChristianReincarnation.org#PreNiceneChurch
). As with the case of Giordano Bruno who was burnt at
the stake for conveying to Christians the Truth -- i.e.,
Bruno wrote: "The soul is
not the body and it may be in one body or in another,
and pass from body to body" (see How
Important Is The Spiritual Wisdom Of Giordano Bruno To
Modern Man @
https://brotherofyeshua.blogspot.com/.../how-important-is...
). And Thomas Paine knew, based upon his soul-experience
throughout his souls previous lives, that if he openly
told the people the facts and the truth with respect to
the validity of their beliefs, that the body of blind
believers would turn upon him and reject his writings
about the Rights of Man and other important pamphlets
that supported the Revolution and a government based
upon Unalienable God-Given Rights. Therefore, when
Thomas Paine rejected the beliefs drawn from the literal
or historical text of the scriptures, his rejection was
based upon his own experiential knowledge drawn from his
souls previous lives. Thomas Paine understood that the
authors of the scriptures wrote allegorical writings --
most of which were historically untrue. Quoting
https://www.thomaspainesociety.org/paineondeism The
words of Thomas Paine: "But
the Church of Rome having set up its new religion, which
it called Christianity, invented the creed which it
named the Apostle's Creed... It then manufactured the
allegories in the book of Genesis into fact, and the
allegorical tree of life and the tree of knowledge into
real trees, contrary to the belief of the first
Christians..." That means that the
accounts in Genesis and the other scriptures were not at
all literally factual or historical -- but rather, the
scriptures portray an allegorical pattern and blueprint
of your own mind.
In the same way that Thomas Paine knew this, so too did
all Enlightened Deists. What Thomas Paine questioned,
was why are religious people so irrational, ignorant and
mindless, that they would believe the written words of
the scriptures as historical and literal truth? And to
demonstrate this fact, Thomas Paine wrote:
"..Reason is the forbidden
tree of priestcraft, and may serve to explain the
allegory of the forbidden tree of knowledge, for we may
reasonably suppose the allegory had some meaning and
application at the time it was invented. It was the
practice of the Eastern nations to convey their meaning
by allegory, and relate it in the manner of fact. Jesus
followed the same method, yet nobody ever supposed the
allegory or parable of the rich man and Lazarus, the
Prodigal Son, the ten Virgins, etc., were facts. Why
then should the tree of knowledge, which is far more
romantic in idea than the parables in the New Testament
are, be supposed to be a real tree? The answer to this
is, because the Church could not make its new-fangled
system, which it called Christianity, hold together
without it. To have made Christ to die on account of an
allegorical tree would have been too barefaced a fable."
In order to control the minds of the people, priest-craft reinvented the allegories of the scriptures which a rational mind would reject as historical or literal. And unless you understand why Thomas Paine opposed the man-made dogma of the Church, you will remain gravely misinformed. Why? Because the authors used the allegorical symbolism of the scriptures as a blueprint of your own mind that when turned within self, conveyed to the person how to overcome the Natural Laws OF CONSCIOUSNESS, and connect with our Source and the Divine Mind at the Core of our Being. And yes, the whole of the Gospels is allegorical -- and the events presented in the text never literally or historically happened.
The Gospel account of Jesus taught that the Kingdom is
within you -- i.e., at the core of your Consciousness.
And if the Kingdom of God is within you, then why would
you look for it in the outer world? And therefore,
Thomas Paine was skeptical about the Rationality of the
blind believers who follow the doctrines of
"priest-craft" who re-imagined the allegorical
scriptures as being literal and historical -- in order
to control the minds of the multitudes. In Thomas
Paine's own words he stated:
"..Reason is the forbidden tree of priestcraft, and
may serve to explain the allegory of the forbidden tree
of knowledge, for we may reasonably suppose the allegory
had some meaning and application at the time it was
invented. It was the practice of the Eastern nations to
convey their meaning by allegory, and relate it in the
manner of fact". And Thomas Paine was
correct when he stated that
"Jesus followed the same method." Yet,
the priest-craft of the Church re-imagined Jesus as God
incarnate, so they could control the minds of the people
and rule over them. So, to portray Thomas Paine who knew
the real purpose of the scriptures as an atheist and a
skeptic, is pure ignorance on the part of the present
day atheist leaders of Deist groups.
In response to my initial post, Geddy Friedman stated: I shared some thoughts protecting the reputation of Thomas Paine as a Deist. Check out this video, and I will read more from your post here (see https://www.facebook.com/reel/387368853668787 ). He made a response to a statement by Vivek Ramaswamy that Thomas Paine was an atheist. And in his reply, he proves that Thomas Paine was anything but an atheist.
Deism is the Knowledge of the Natural Laws. Deism was not invented
by man, because it is the underlying foundation of Consciousness.
Pythagoras was a Deist. As was Plato. Jesus was a Master Deist.
Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake because of his knowledge of
the Natural Laws and the suppressed teachings of Jesus. Thomas Paine
was raised a Quaker. Quakerism was not invented, because Quakers
meditate on the Inner Light, which is their only Teacher -- who
teaches in accord with each person's CONDITION. What is the
determining factor in each person's Condition of Mind and
Consciousness? Each person's Condition is determined by their desire
and willingness to live in accord with Natural Laws as the Inner
Light reveals Truth to the individual person. The man Jesus taught
these Truths to his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount. Those
people who failed to transform their Condition of Mind and
Consciousness could not understand the spiritual meaning of the
parables that Jesus taught. And thus, only the few could understand
the Mysteries of the Kingdom as seen in the words of Jesus to the
few who lived their lives in accord with the Inner Light:
“Unto you it is given to know the
mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all
these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not
perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand”
(Mark 4:11-12). In the parable of the Sower and the Seed, a person's
Condition was portrayed in accord with their willingness and desire
to be transformed into the "good ground"
(see The Sower And The Seed
http://SowerAndTheSeed.Ebionite.com ). In the words of
Giordano Bruno, the vast majority of people have rejected the
Natural Law, and they cannot hear the Wisdom of the Inner Light --
as stated by Bruno: "The Divine Light is
always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the
comprehension, but man rejects it".
Only those who live their lives in accord with the Inner Light, are
Deists who are knowledgeable of the Natural Laws as portrayed in the
words: The Laws of Nature and Nature's God. Therefore, only the
Transformed Person who is no longer possessed by his carnal
appetites, and lives in accord with the Wisdom of the Inner Light,
can be portrayed as a Deist -- as stated in the words of Jesus:
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom
of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many
will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in
Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (Matt
7:21-23). Those people who are portrayed as living in lawlessness,
are those whose carnal mindset and lifestyle rejects of the wisdom
of the Inner Light. And they remain spiritually deaf, because of
their failure to live the necessary mindset and lifestyle to
transform the Condition of their Consciousness -- which is the words
of Nikola Tesla is the "frequency and
vibration" of each person's mind.
