Danny Jones

Yes. Yeah, totally. I mean, then the claims when it gets into him being divine and doing all these things and being able to, you know, that's the whole thing, which I read recently, this fascinating book that really gave me a really good understanding of

Yes. Yeah, totally. I mean, then the claims when it gets into him being divine and doing all these things and being able to, you know, that's the whole thing, which I read recently, this fascinating book that really gave me a really good understanding of

of of everything which was thomas pain um i forget the name of his i think it was the age of reason by thomas pain yeah no it's a classic oh my god it was such a good book yeah yeah no those these these uh these english deists were really something they really they knew a lot but they you know they didn't know what scholars know today about things like the bible Yeah.

of of everything which was thomas pain um i forget the name of his i think it was the age of reason by thomas pain yeah no it's a classic oh my god it was such a good book yeah yeah no those these these uh these english deists were really something they really they knew a lot but they you know they didn't know what scholars know today about things like the bible Yeah.

of of everything which was thomas pain um i forget the name of his i think it was the age of reason by thomas pain yeah no it's a classic oh my god it was such a good book yeah yeah no those these these uh these english deists were really something they really they knew a lot but they you know they didn't know what scholars know today about things like the bible Yeah.

And, you know, he explains how like the first the first Christian preachers, how they were, you know, selling Christianity. And then there was a second generation of Christian preachers, then the third generation of Christian preachers. And so. You know, how the ideas and the motivations and everything, everything gets lost in each generation.

And, you know, he explains how like the first the first Christian preachers, how they were, you know, selling Christianity. And then there was a second generation of Christian preachers, then the third generation of Christian preachers. And so. You know, how the ideas and the motivations and everything, everything gets lost in each generation.

And, you know, he explains how like the first the first Christian preachers, how they were, you know, selling Christianity. And then there was a second generation of Christian preachers, then the third generation of Christian preachers. And so. You know, how the ideas and the motivations and everything, everything gets lost in each generation.

And then eventually down the road, it's kind of like the starting point. We don't even remember where this started, but we do know that the preachers are making a living off of this stuff, right?

And then eventually down the road, it's kind of like the starting point. We don't even remember where this started, but we do know that the preachers are making a living off of this stuff, right?

And then eventually down the road, it's kind of like the starting point. We don't even remember where this started, but we do know that the preachers are making a living off of this stuff, right?

Yeah, I think one of the most profound things that I took away from that book was that it is by – it is the gift of reason that gives man the ability to discover God in the first place, because it's impossible. Like we didn't come from nothing, right? We go backwards in time. Like I came from my parents. My parents came from their parents. Like things don't just appear out of thin air.

Yeah, I think one of the most profound things that I took away from that book was that it is by – it is the gift of reason that gives man the ability to discover God in the first place, because it's impossible. Like we didn't come from nothing, right? We go backwards in time. Like I came from my parents. My parents came from their parents. Like things don't just appear out of thin air.

Yeah, I think one of the most profound things that I took away from that book was that it is by – it is the gift of reason that gives man the ability to discover God in the first place, because it's impossible. Like we didn't come from nothing, right? We go backwards in time. Like I came from my parents. My parents came from their parents. Like things don't just appear out of thin air.

So it is just by us being as intelligent as we are. We have to understand that we can't appear out of thin air. There has to be some sort of higher power, right? Without that gift of reason, You know, we don't have that. So it's like the human brain, there's something ancient in the human brain through evolution or whatever it is that makes it wired to be dependent on believing in a higher power.

So it is just by us being as intelligent as we are. We have to understand that we can't appear out of thin air. There has to be some sort of higher power, right? Without that gift of reason, You know, we don't have that. So it's like the human brain, there's something ancient in the human brain through evolution or whatever it is that makes it wired to be dependent on believing in a higher power.

So it is just by us being as intelligent as we are. We have to understand that we can't appear out of thin air. There has to be some sort of higher power, right? Without that gift of reason, You know, we don't have that. So it's like the human brain, there's something ancient in the human brain through evolution or whatever it is that makes it wired to be dependent on believing in a higher power.

Right, right. And a lot of those guys around Paine, like the founding fathers, they were masons, right? I suppose so.

Right, right. And a lot of those guys around Paine, like the founding fathers, they were masons, right? I suppose so.

Right, right. And a lot of those guys around Paine, like the founding fathers, they were masons, right? I suppose so.