[There has been] every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of peo…

Bertrand Russell
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[There has been] every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of people in the name of religion. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2016). Why I Am Not a Christian, p.17, Lulu Press, Inc
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