If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is p…

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If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of the Atheist? ...Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.428, Penguin
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If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of the Atheist? ...Their virtue, then, must have had some other foundation than the love of God. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.428, Penguin

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