Voltaire quote: We offer up prayers to God only because we have made Him after our own image. We treat Him like ...

We offer up prayers to God only because we have made Him after our own image. We treat Him like a Pasha or a Sultan who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.

~ Voltaire ~

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We offer up prayers to God only because we have made Him after our own image. We treat Him like a Pa...

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