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Chapter 16
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What absurdity does Paine highlight in applying the Christian redemption story to a universe of "millions of worlds"?
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That the Bible explicitly describes redemption occurring on every planet
B
That other worlds are explicitly denied to exist anywhere in the Bible
C
That either the Almighty singled out this one small world of 25,000 miles for a unique, strange visitation, or else the Son of God would have to travel from world to world in an endless succession of deaths for every inhabited planet's own Eve and apple
D
That the story only works if the earth is flat
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