Response to Thomas Paine's 'The American Crisis'

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph," says Thomas Paine regarding the conquest for freedom during the American Revolution. He believes that with no pain, there is no gain and uses his words to encourage the readers to take a stand for their rights. It seems as though he bribes the colonial people to act by guaranteeing that God will make it worth one's while. Paine leads the colonists to believe that since petitioning and debating freedom from Britain did not work, war is the only other option. He justifies this by saying that "God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or laeve them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent". This convinces the readers that God will watch over them and keep them from harm if they fight for their beliefs. Though I think Paine's approach to convice colonists to fight is effective, I do not believe it is right of him to guarantee each person's safety under the guidance of God. I think he realized that it was night right of him to do so because later in "The American Crisis" he states that he loves "the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection". On the contrary, I think it was wise of him to encourage the people by saying that they could be heroes. It gives one a greater sense of purpose, and overall I think that is what convinced the colonists to fight.