Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what th…

Christopher Hitchens
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Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did. ✨ Christopher Hitchens (2011). God is Not Great, p.13, Atlantic Books Ltd
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