In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end…

Carl Sagan
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In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end of the eighteenth century, and inquisitional torture was not abolished in the Catholic Church until 1816. The last bastion of support for the reality of witchcraft and the necessity of punishment has been the Christian churches. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.528, Ballantine Books
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship. ✨ Carl Sagan (2006). The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, p.48, Penguin
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