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Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.
Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they read more
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil read more
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.
Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he read more
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means
 So 'ere the storm of war broke out,
 Religion spawn'd a various rout
  Of petulant capricious sects,
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 So 'ere the storm of war broke out,
 Religion spawn'd a various rout
  Of petulant capricious sects,
   That maggots of corrupted texts,
    That first run all religion down,
     And after every swarm its own. 
 Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the 
mother.
 [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.]  
 Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the 
mother.
 [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.] 
The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands read more
The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people