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    At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

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The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

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In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty.

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God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading read more

God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.

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Creation science is an attempt to give credibility to Hebrew mythology by making people believe that the world's foremost biologists, read more

Creation science is an attempt to give credibility to Hebrew mythology by making people believe that the world's foremost biologists, paleontologists, and geologists are a bunch of incompetent nincompoops.

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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

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I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than read more

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

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Jesus whom I know as my Redeemer cannot be less than God.

Jesus whom I know as my Redeemer cannot be less than God.

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In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and read more

In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.

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