Historical Pandemics and Perspective

“We’re experiencing full-blown information warfare subsidized by the U.S. government against its own people.” – Natalie Winters

Given the extensive exposure of crimes, corruption, treason, and sedition in DC, it seems fitting to return to history.

In particular, reflecting on the story of Thomas Paine’s fall from patriot to pariah.

Many in America still refuse to see what is being exposed. They cannot yet accept the truth. The lying legacy is attempting to keep them in the dark.

Far too many believe what they want to believe, because want to believe what they believe, and for no other reason.

But, more and more eyes are being opened daily. More are seeing through the narrative.

Yet, for many, the revelations will be extremely difficult to accept. As Paine observed:

“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink.”

If Trump and DOGE are able to maintain their present course, in the ensuing days I suspect we will see many proud and respected leaders, on both sides of the isle, fall from grace. The Uni-party is being undone.

Once it is exposed, the time for justice will come. It is the God-ordained duty of our government to exact justice. Otherwise, without consequences, corruption will continue. I pray Americans are up to the unpleasant task.

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.” - Adam Smith, 1700s

There is, in Paine’s fall from grace, a lot to be learned. Much applies to our day. How can a once sure patriot turn on and sellout his Country? I think we will see that the answer is to be found in political and financial gain.

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” - 19th century British historian and writer Lord Acton

Escaping the tyranny that grips America will be difficult, as well as painful. Trump is attempting to save America, to break the shackles that imprison her. Too few see. I pray, in time all will open their eyes to the “clear and present danger.”

“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.” – Thomas Paine

The real enemy of America is within. We are in our Second Revolution; this time against a tyranny within.

THOMAS PAINE

On August 27, 1776, British troops defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, forcing General Washington to retreat. The Continental Army was then driven out of New York, across New Jersey and now into Pennsylvania.

In the six months following Congress' approval of the Declaration of Independence, July of 1776, the Continental Army's ranks dwindled from a high of 20,000 down to just 2,000 as of December of 1776.

Most of the remaining soldiers were planning on leaving before winter set in, or at least by the end of the year, as they had only volunteered for a six-month enlistment.

They needed to get back home to care for their neglected farms, shops and families. General Washington rallied his troops to stay by having Thomas Paine's "The American Crisis" read to them. It began:

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country."

THE AMERICAN CRISIS

Thomas Paine's inspiring pamphlet "The American Crisis," catapulted him to being one of America's most respected patriots. In "The American Crisis," he wrote:

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly ... Heaven knows how to put a price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated ... Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but 'to bind us in all cases whatsoever,' and if ... that ... is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery... So unlimited a power can belong only to God ... God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction ... who have so earnestly ... sought to avoid the calamities of war ... Neither have I so much of the infidel in me, as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world ... to the care of devils ... I cannot see on what grounds the king of Britain can look up to heaven for help against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house-breaker ... 'Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country. All nations and ages have been subject to them. Britain has trembled like an ague (fever) at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the (fifteenth) century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear ... by a few broken forces ... headed by a woman, Joan of Arc. Would that heaven might inspire some Jersey maid to spirit up her countrymen, and save her fair fellow sufferers from ravage and ravishment! ... I am as confident as I am that God governs the world, that America will never be happy till she gets clear of foreign dominion ... Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that ... the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to ... to repulse it ... Throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but 'show your faith by your works,' that God may bless you. … It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil ... will reach you ... The blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole ... I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death ... Not all the treasures of the world ... could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and ... threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to 'bind me in all cases whatsoever' to his absolute will, am I to suffer it? ... Let them call me rebel ... I feel no concern from it; ... but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man. I conceive likewise a horrid idea in receiving mercy from a being, who at the last day shall be shrieking to the rocks and mountains to cover him, and fleeing with terror from the orphan, the widow, and the slain of America. … There are persons, too, who see not the full extent of the evil which threatens them; they solace themselves with hopes that the enemy, if he succeed, will be merciful. It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf, and we ought to guard equally against both." … I thank God, that I fear not."

Thomas Paine quoted Scripture. Paine's line, "show your faith by your works," is a quote from James 2:18. His line "throw not the burden of the day upon Providence," was echoing a phrase of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, who told General Washington in August of 1776:

"In this day of calamity, to trust altogether to the justice of our cause, without our utmost exertion, would be tempting Providence ... March on! -- This shall be your warrant: Play the man for God, and for the cities of our God, May the Lord of Hosts , the God of the Armies of Israel, be your Captain, your Leader, your Conductor, and Saviour."

Paine was referring to the last day judgment, as prophesied in the Book of Hosea 10:8:

"Then they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us!' and to the hills, 'Fall on us!'”

COMMON SENSE

In his third edition of Common Sense, published in Philadelphia, February 14, 1776, Thomas Paine warned of the danger of kings claiming a hereditary right:

"Most wise men, in their private sentiments, have ever treated hereditary right with contempt; yet it is one of those evils, which when once established is not easily removed; many submit from fear, others from superstition, and the more powerful part shares with the king the plunder of the rest ... The present race of kings ... could we take off the dark covering of antiquity, and trace them to their first rise, that we should find the first of them nothing better than the principal ruffian of some restless gang, whose savage manners or preeminence in subtility obtained him the title of chief among plunderers; and who by increasing in power, and extending his depredations, over-awed the quiet and defenseless to purchase their safety by frequent contributions ... In those days, and traditionary history stuffed with fables, it was very easy, after the lapse of a few generations, to trump up some superstitious tale, conveniently timed, Mahomet like, to cram hereditary right down the throats of the vulgar."

Thomas Paine, in his widely read political pamphlet “Common Sense,” published in January 1776, did not list a fear that Great Britain would end slavery in the Colonies as a reason for declaring independence.

He argued against tyranny and hereditary rights of kings. Over 500,000 copies of the pamphlet were published just three months after its release at a time when the entire population of the 13 Colonies was only 4 million at most.

Paine was also an abolitionist who wrote the preamble to Pennsylvania’s abolition act in 1780 (during the heart of the Revolutionary War), which freed 6,000 slaves in the state, according to History.com.

To put the public discourse on political affairs into context, one must remember that in the 1780s few printed discussions of issues were circulated.

Paine’s famous Common Sense pamphlet reached only a few hundred thousand people and this was considered an extraordinary accomplishment. Ordinarily, newspapers might reach 5,000 people; pamphlets, 2,000. Mass communication was very limited.

RIGHTS OF MAN, FRANCE

After the Revolution, Paine moved to Britain in 1787, where he wrote Rights of Man. Charged with treason, he escaped to France in 1793. There, he agitated during the French Revolution.

He was caught up in the Enlightenment; coming to believe all Truth came through the reason of man. He was granted honorary citizenship and elected to the National Assembly. He soon fell out of favor when he objected to the beheading of King Louis XVI. He was arrested, thrown in jail, and almost executed, till U.S. Ambassador to France, James Monroe, secured his release.

Thomas Paine initially argued against the secular mindset and the atheism gripping France. He wrote to Samuel Adams:

"The people of France were running headlong into atheism, and I had the work translated into their own language, to stop them in that career, and fix them in the first article of every man's creed, who has any creed at all -- I believe in God. … I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. … The moral duty of man consists in imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God manifested in the creation toward all his creatures. That seeing, as we daily do, the goodness of God to all men, it is an example calling upon all men to practice the same toward each other. … Were man impressed as fully and as strongly as he ought to be with the belief of a God, his moral life would be regulated by the force of that belief; he would stand in awe of God and of himself, and would not do the thing that could not be concealed from either."

AGE OF REASON

Sadly, Thomas Paine went from patriot to pariah. The Apostle Paul wrote in I Timothy 4: 1-2:

“Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith.”

Thomas Paine's Last Will began with the words: "Reposing confidence in my Creator, God," and ended with: "I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God." Yet, he virtually renounced his faith in Age of Reason.

While in Paris, Paine helped found a group called Society of Theo-philanthropists (lovers of God and man), which had an inscription:

"We believe in the existence of a God, and in the immortality of the soul."

Yet, Paine's opinions transitioned from denouncing the monarchy and aristocracy, to denouncing the Catholic Church, then all churches, and finally, rejecting all religions.

Paine's irreligious views (Regarding his writing ‘Age of Reason’) caused so vehement a backlash that when he returned to New York in 1802, he was treated as “an outcast” in “social ostracism.”

"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.” – Thomas Paine, Age of Reason

Ben Franklin, shortly before his death, gave his opinion of a manuscript, presumably Paine’s The Age of Reason:

“I have read your manuscript with some attention. By the argument it contains against a particular Providence, though you allow a general Providence, you strike at the foundations of all religion. For without the belief of a Providence, that takes cognizance of, guards, and guides, and may favor particular persons, there is no motive to worship a Deity, to fear his displeasure, or to pray for his protection. I will not enter into any discussion of your principles, though you seem to desire it. At present I shall only give you my opinion, that, though your reasonings are subtile (extremely thin) and may prevail with some readers, you will not succeed so as to change the general sentiments of mankind on that subject, and the consequence of printing this piece will be, a great deal of odium drawn upon yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit to others. He that spits against the wind, spits in his own face ... I would advise you, therefore, not to attempt unchaining the tiger, but to burn this piece before it is seen by any other person; whereby you will save yourself a great deal of mortification by the enemies it may raise against you, and perhaps a good deal of regret and repentance. If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it. I intend this letter itself as a proof of my friendship, and therefore add no professions to it; but subscribe simply yours, B. Franklin.”

Disregarding Franklin's advice, Thomas Paine published The Age of Reason, in three parts, 1794, 1795, and 1807. To the shock of everyone, he even published a letter openly critical of President George Washington in 1796:

"In what fraudulent light must Mr. Washington's character appear in the world."

Paine's fall from popularity was immediate. He was thoroughly condemned by many of the most notable Americans. Though he continued to acknowledge a Supreme Being, over two hundred times in The Age of Reason, Paine rejected all organized religions, including Christianity.

John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, responded to Paine's attack on Christianity:

“I have long been of the opinion that the evidence of the truth of Christianity requires only to be carefully examined to produce conviction in candid minds.”

John Adams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, wrote in his diary, July 26, 1796:

“The Christian religion is, above all the Religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of Wisdom, Virtue, Equity, and Humanity. Let the Blackguard Paine say what he will; it is Resignation to God, it is Goodness itself to Man.”

Samuel Adams wrote in his last know letter to Paine, November 30, 1802:

“When I heard you had turned your mind to a defense of infidelity, I felt myself much astounded and more grieved, that you had attempted a measure so injurious to the feelings and so repugnant to the true interest of so great a part of the citizens of the United States. The people of New England, if you will allow me to use a Scripture phrase, are fast returning to their first love. Will you excite among them the spirit of angry controversy at a time when they are hastening to amity and peace? I am told that some of our newspapers have announced your intention to publish an additional pamphlet upon the principles of your Age of Reason. Do you think that your pen, or the pen of any other man, can unchristianize the mass of our citizens, or have you hopes of converting a few of them to assist you in so bad a cause.”

The Apostle Paul had admonished in Hebrews 3:

“See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God ... We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. As it has been said: 'Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.' For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? ... So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.”

What caused Paine’s fall from grace? In short, the philosophies of man, it would seem. As he got caught up in the outworking of Enlightenment, the godless French Revolution, his trust in God’s word seemed to disintegrate.

In 1809, Paine died penniless and a drunk in Greenwich Village, New York, on 59 Grove Street. No American cemetery would accept his remains (Because of his writing ‘Age of Reason’), so he was unceremoniously buried in a field on a farm in New Rochelle, New York.

In 1819, William Cobbett dug up Paine's body and shipped it to England, but upon reaching Liverpool, the customs agents refused to allow his corpse into the country.

His remains were either lost at sea or allegedly kept in a trunk in Cobbett's attic. Cobbett's son supposedly auctioned off the bones. In the 1850s, a Unitarian minister in England claimed to have Paine's skull and right hand. In the 1930s, a woman in Brighton, England, claimed to have Paine's jawbone.

In 1987, a Sydney businessmen claimed to have purchased Paine's skull while on vacation in London and sold it to an Australian named John Burgess. One legend is that his bones were turned into buttons, and another rumor is that one of his leg bones is in the wall of a tavern in England.

He is the only founder without a gravesite. As a tragic lesson, Thomas Paine went from the height of popularity as America's premier pamphleteer to dying a penniless drunk in Manhattan, with only six people attending his funeral.

He is memorialized in the rhyme:

"Poor Tom Paine! There he lies: Nobody laughs and nobody cries,

Where he has gone or how he fares, Nobody knows and nobody cares."

The Apostle Paul challenged believers in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27:

"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain ... I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”

What became of Thomas Paine’s corpse after his death, I do not know. However, his legacy was destroyed as he undermined the very Biblical foundation on which America was founded.

Philosophies of man took him from the chief American Patriot to the most reviled man of our Nation’s founding.

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Buckle up! We are about to see untold numbers of once respected leaders dark secrets exposed. Their works of darkness are being systematically “brought into the light.” Soon, they will be “shouted from the rooftops.”

Revelations in the coming days and weeks may very well shake America to her core, to her very foundation. Americans are about to be stunned. Many patriots will become pariah. It must be. America must clean house. America must break the bands of tyranny.

Remember, “We the people are the rightful masters.” We are the government in our Constitutional Republic. Our leaders must be held accountable to us. This is what Trump, and his team, is working towards.

HOLDING THE LINE

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” - Abraham Lincoln

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” - Samuel Adams

“Everyday I wake up with a profound sense of peace knowing that it was by divine will that Donald Trump is in the White House right now. Never forget we were an inch away from an entirely different timeline.” – Carpe Donktum

Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice …

SEEKING THE TRUTH: Follow the silenced! The truth will not be found on your television or newspapers; not even Fox is reporting anything close to the truth.

Seek the truth; share the truth.

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I carpet-bomb Twitter/X daily with enough facts and truth to bring anyone willing to read a bit, up to speed in very little time. Just reading the posts and headlines on my Twitter channel will clear the clouds of deception.

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