It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder;…

Thomas Paine
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It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. ✨ Thomas Paine (2011). The Age of Reason, p.119, Broadview Press
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