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When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

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Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance.

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No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

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I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

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Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

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I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

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All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

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I could prove God statistically.

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The best mirror is an old friend.

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Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

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