Rather, the belief in God is claimed to be intrinsically reasonable, a logical conclusion to the question of why anything exists at all. Paine rejects both organized religion and the Bible’s portrayal of a vindictive, vengeful God. Unfortunately for Paine, America was deeply Christian and ...
The values embodied in Woman Holding a Balance are asserted over against conventional moral and religious judgment even more explicitly than they are in Woman Putting on Pearls. A large baroque painting of the Last Judgment hangs conspicuously on the rear wall of the room, situating the woman wit...