No falsehood is so fatal as that which is made an article of faith. ✨ …

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No falsehood is so fatal as that which is made an article of faith. ✨ Thomas Paine (1830). The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, p.260
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No falsehood is so fatal as that which is made an article of faith. ✨ Thomas Paine (1830). The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, p.260

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