If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that a…

Christopher Hitchens
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If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does. ✨ Christopher Hitchens (2012). Mortality, p.41, Hachette UK
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If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does. ✨ Christopher Hitchens (2012). Mortality, p.41, Hachette UK

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