REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, t…

Ambrose Bierce
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REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned . . . . whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.194, University of Georgia Press
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