Richard Watson vs. Thomas Paine: "An Apology for the Bible" (1796, Letter 1)

Richard Watson (1737–1816) was an 18th Century Anglican bishop and scholar who served as the Bishop of Llandaff in the latter decades of his life. This series of letters was addressed to Thomas Paine (author of "Common Sense") in response to his "Age of Reason, Part II," in which Paine argued against the credibility of the Bible and the Christian faith generally. Note that "Apology," in the title, as in the term "apologetics," refers to "defense" of the Bible, not to "apologizing" for it!

The featured book is in the Public Domain; digitized by Google, original from the Ohio State University. Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod, who has graciously made his musical compositions available for use:

"Lone Harvest." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
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"Evening Fall (Harp)." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
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"Water Prelude." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
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Intro Animation Credits:

Animation by J. Wesley Price. Depicts the Chinese / Japanese symbol for "sun" passing retroactively through its stages of orthographic evolution, until it becomes a pictograph of the sun!

Research and reference images for intro animation courtesy of Zach Thrun, creator of Aircamp Games (used with permission): www.aircampgames.com