A century after the publication of The Age of Reason, Paine's rhetoric was still being used: George Foote's "Bible Handbook (1888) ... systematically manhandles chapters and verses to bring out 'Contradictions,' 'Absurdities,' 'Atrocities,' and 'Obscenities,' exactly in the manner of Paine's Age of Reason."
Satu abad setelah penerbitan The Age of Reason, retorika Paine masih digunakan: "Bible Handbook (1888) karya George William Foote . . . secara sistematis menyerang pasal dan ayat agar dapat menunjukkan "Kontradiksi", "Absurditas", "Kekejaman", dan "Kecabulan", dengan cara yang sama dengan Age of Reason."