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Paine's central point is that, while God is capable of revelation, if that revelation is given to one or a few people only, then others (not privy to direct evidence or personal revelation from God) are not obliged to accept it. Such revelation, wrote Paine, is "revelation to the first person only, and hearsay to every other; and consequently, they are not obliged to believe it" (emphasis his).
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Beware of those coming to you, be it Jew or Arab, African American or red blooded American, Muslim, Jew or Christian telling you some god has revealed something to them and you MUST accept it. Your ears are no less deaf than theirs and you are no more blind than they are.