It is still bad taste to be an avowed atheist. But now it is equally b…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is still bad taste to be an avowed atheist. But now it is equally bad taste to be an avowed Christian. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.127, Simon and Schuster
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