There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian…

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There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2008). The God Delusion, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2008). The God Delusion, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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