Whether the Bible is true or false, is of no consequence in comparison with the mental freedom of the race
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And we are called upon to worship such a God to get upon our knees and tell him that he is good, that he is merciful, that he is just, that he is love
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I combat those only who, knowing nothing of the future, prophesy an eternity of pain- those who sow the seeds of fear in the hearts of men- those only who poison all the springs of life, and seat a skeleton at every feast
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The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory
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