Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for pe…

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Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction. ✨ Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68, p.87, Psychology Press
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Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction. ✨ Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68, p.87, Psychology Press

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