...the Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no kno…

Thomas Paine
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...the Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any. ✨ Thomas Paine (1821). The Theological Works of Thomas Paine, p.58
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