I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in …

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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1957). Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects, p.21, Simon and Schuster
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1957). Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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