Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the…

Thomas Paine
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Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind. ✨ Thomas Paine (1877). The Age of Reason, p.15, Lyle Stuart
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