...finally men were saved only through God's son dying for them, and t…

Clarence Darrow
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...finally men were saved only through God's son dying for them, and that unless human beings believed this silly, impossible and wicked story they were doomed to hell? Can anyone with intelligence really believe that a child born today should be doomed because the snake tempted Eve and Eve tempted Adam? To believe that is not God-worship; it is devil-worship. ✨ Clarence Darrow (1995). Why I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays
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