I think Thomas Paine was a genius self made and a true revolutionary .. The argument attributed to him:

"He asserted that revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication, and that after that it is only an account of something which another person says was a revelation to him. We have only his word for it, as it was never made to us. This argument never has been, and probably never will be, answered .."

Is a good one... and applies to I think the revelations recorded in the Bible...after all we don't have the original revelation in the BIble as it was verbally passed down and then recorded in writing much later... so it is largely based on hearsay..

but there is a practical way I think people have found to say to read the Bible and garner it's wisdom and inspiration nonetheless by practical day to day living..so while it may not be the original revelation in it's pristine form it still counts I think as being inspired.

I believe after the Bible the record of revelation is more direct or pristine if you will... for we have recorded in writing and sometimes in the original writing certified as to what was revealed.

- Art

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