Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Six in ten Americans believe the founders built this country as a Christian nation. But one of the most important founders — the man whose words launched the Revolution and steadied Washington's freezing army at Trenton — spent his final years writing the most thorough takedown of Christianity his century produced. His reward: no grave, no monument, and a body that vanished into history.
This is the story of Thomas Paine — author of Common Sense and The American Crisis — and The Age of Reason, the book that got him erased. We go verse by verse through his examination of biblical prophecy, the mistranslation behind the virgin birth, and the scholarship that wouldn't catch up to him for another hundred years. Every quote in this video is sourced and dated — check the footnotes yourself.
Sources referenced in this video:
Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (Parts I & II) · An Examination of the Prophecies · Thomas Jefferson, Letters to Van der Kemp, Short & Adams · Ethan Allen, Reason: The Only Oracle of Man (1784) · Treaty of Tripoli (1797), Article 11 · James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance (1785)
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Six in ten Americans believe the founders built this country as a Christian nation. But one of the most important founders — the man whose words launched the Revolution and steadied Washington's freezing army at Trenton — spent his final years writing the most thorough takedown of Christianity his century produced. His reward: no grave, no monument, and a body that vanished into history.
This is the story of Thomas Paine — author of Common Sense and The American Crisis — and The Age of Reason, the book that got him erased. We go verse by verse through his examination of biblical prophecy, the mistranslation behind the virgin birth, and the scholarship that wouldn't catch up to him for another hundred years. Every quote in this video is sourced and dated — check the footnotes yourself.
Sources referenced in this video:
Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (Parts I & II) · An Examination of the Prophecies · Thomas Jefferson, Letters to Van der Kemp, Short & Adams · Ethan Allen, Reason: The Only Oracle of Man (1784) · Treaty of Tripoli (1797), Article 11 · James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance (1785)
If you enjoy deep dives into the origins of religion, mythology, and the evolution of belief — without dogma or apologetics — subscribe & share this with someone who needs to hear it.
Support MythVision / Sponsor a video:
Patreon 👉 patreon.com/mythvision
PayPal 👉 paypal.me/dereklambert7
Website 🔥 mythvisionpodcast.com
Contact:
Brand collaborations & sponsorships: Mythvision@lighthouseagents.com
Personal enquiries: mythvisionpodcast@gmail.com
#ThomasPaine #AgeOfReason #FoundingFathers #Deism #BiblicalCriticism #MythVision
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