The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the gre…

Thomas Paine
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The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. ✨ Thomas Paine (1852). The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, p.190
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