Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious def…

Richard Dawkins
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Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2008). The God Delusion, p.244, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferocious defence? One might have supposed him amply capable of looking after himself. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2008). The God Delusion, p.244, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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