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Quote by Thomas Paine
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the min

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. – Thomas Paine

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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. – Thomas Paine

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Government
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Thomas Paine
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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. – Thomas Paine

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Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. – Thomas Paine

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In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion. – Carol P. Christ

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Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it. – Vera Farmiga

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The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex. – Hugh Hefner

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Who made these laws? Thats what I want to know. So thats why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion. – Ja Rule

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Thus have I, as well as I could, gathered a posey of observations as they grew; and if some rue and wormwood be found among the sweeter herbs, their wholesomeness will make amends for their bitterness. – Lord Lyttleton

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