Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no mo…

Thomas Paine
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Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifiying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity.
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