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Quote by Samuel Butler
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian r

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. – Samuel Butler

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. – Samuel Butler

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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler

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Theres a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them. – Michael Moore

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Intolerance respecting other peoples religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other peoples art. – Wallace Stevens

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A cult is a religion with no political power. – Tom Wolfe

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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on. – Mary Douglas

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We’re a compulsive but amiable crew, those of us who feel, or have felt, the compulsion to re-record the bright thoughts of other men and women. – Joseph Epstein, “Quotatious,” A Line Out for a Walk: Familiar Essays, 1991

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