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“Religion carries two sorts of people in two entirely opposite directions: the mild and gentle people it carries towards mercy and justice; the persecuting people it carries into fiendish sadistic c...”
“It is never late to earn a degree, masters or doctorate. Learning has no age limit. All age groups are welcome to the act of learning.”
“This is not a new idea; this is the idea of the age of reason. This is the philosophy that guided the men that made the democracy that we live under. The idea that no one really knew how to run a g...”
“A purpose derived from a false premise that a deity has ordained submission to his will cannot merit respect. The pursuit of Enlightenment-era goals solving our worlds problems through rational ...”
“I have furnished myself with a Bible and Testament; and I can say also that I have found them to be much worse books than I had conceived. If I have erred in any thing, in the former part of the Ag...”
“A purpose derived from a false premise – that a deity has ordained submission to his will – cannot merit respect. The pursuit of Enlightenment-era goals — solving our world’s problems through ratio...”