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It was pitiful for a person born in a wholesome free atmosphere to listen to their humble and hearty outpourings of loyalty toward their king and Chur...more

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The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.

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The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know this by my own experience, & to this day I cherish an unappeased bittern...more

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If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.

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Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal t...more

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A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.

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In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities wh...more

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Adam is fading out. It is on account of Darwin and that crowd. I can see that he is not going to last much longer. There's a plenty of signs. He is ge...more

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Heaven goes by favor if it went by merit you would stay out and your dog would go in.

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Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Ani...more

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Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.

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When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will never be possible for that mind, i...more

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The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. I would not interfere with any one's ...more

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Man is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight