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I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #church #churchandstate #corruption #freedomofthought #humannature #liberty #oppression #organizedreligion #religion #religiousintolerance #tyranny
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I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #church #churchandstate #corruption #freedomofthought #humannature #liberty #oppression #organizedreligion #religion #religiousintolerance #tyranny
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I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #church #churchandstate #corruption #freedomofthought #humannature #liberty #oppression #organizedreligion #religion #religiousintolerance #tyranny
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#MirabaiStarr: "The #youth I meet are hungry for meaningful #spiritualpractice & wary of #organizedreligion. They embody a beautiful blend of intellectual rigor and openhearted vulnerability that fills me with #hope."
#OrderOfTheSacredEarth
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#MirabaiStarr: "The #youth I meet are hungry for meaningful #spiritualpractice & wary of #organizedreligion. They embody a beautiful blend of intellectual rigor and openhearted vulnerability that fills me with #hope."
#OrderOfTheSacredEarth
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#MirabaiStarr: "The #youth I meet are hungry for meaningful #spiritualpractice & wary of #organizedreligion. They embody a beautiful blend of intellectual rigor and openhearted vulnerability that fills me with #hope."
#OrderOfTheSacredEarth
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Moses vs Jesus vs Mohammed on Pay Per View
#patriarchy
#OrganizedReligion
#mosesvsjesusvsmohammed
#religionvsspirituality
#religionvshumanity
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Moses vs Jesus vs Mohammed on Pay Per View
#patriarchy
#OrganizedReligion
#mosesvsjesusvsmohammed
#religionvsspirituality
#religionvshumanity
#bigoil -
Moses vs Jesus vs Mohammed on Pay Per View
#patriarchy
#OrganizedReligion
#mosesvsjesusvsmohammed
#religionvsspirituality
#religionvshumanity
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Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age and religion must either renounce her acquaintance , or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 141 (1822)More about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #enlightenment #faith #knowledge #organizedreligion #reason #religion #science
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Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age and religion must either renounce her acquaintance , or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 141 (1822)More about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #enlightenment #faith #knowledge #organizedreligion #reason #religion #science
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Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age and religion must either renounce her acquaintance , or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 141 (1822)More about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #enlightenment #faith #knowledge #organizedreligion #reason #religion #science
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For all those who have poor and/or mixed feelings around this time of year, you are not alone. You are enough. You are special. You are worthy of love. Those who hurt you weren't right. Those who said hurtful things weren't right. You are you and you are incredible.
#christianity #christmas #OrganizedReligion #christmas2025 #holidays #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth #MentalWellbeing #YouAreNotAlone #YouAreEnough
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For all those who have poor and/or mixed feelings around this time of year, you are not alone. You are enough. You are special. You are worthy of love. Those who hurt you weren't right. Those who said hurtful things weren't right. You are you and you are incredible.
#christianity #christmas #OrganizedReligion #christmas2025 #holidays #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth #MentalWellbeing #YouAreNotAlone #YouAreEnough
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For all those who have poor and/or mixed feelings around this time of year, you are not alone. You are enough. You are special. You are worthy of love. Those who hurt you weren't right. Those who said hurtful things weren't right. You are you and you are incredible.
#christianity #christmas #OrganizedReligion #christmas2025 #holidays #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth #MentalWellbeing #YouAreNotAlone #YouAreEnough
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The Priesthood, have in all ancient Nations, nearly monopolized Learning. Read over again all the Accounts We have of Hindoos Chaldeans, Persians Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, We Shall find that Priests had all the Knowledge, and really governed all Mankind. Examine Mahometanism Trace Christianity from its first Promulgation, Knowledge has been almost exclusively confined to the Clergy.
And even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting Sect, who would tolerate, A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest Billingate, the most ungentlemanly insolenc, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured countenanced propagated and applauded: But touch a solemn Truth in collission with a dogma of a Sect, though capable of the clearest proof; and you will Soon find you have disturbed a Nest, and the hornets will swarm about your legs and hands and fly into your face and Eyes.John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1815-01-24) to John TaylorMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6098/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blasphemy #clergy #dogma #education #heresy #intolerance #knowledge #learning #organizedreligion #priesthood #religiouspersecution #truth #religion
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The Priesthood, have in all ancient Nations, nearly monopolized Learning. Read over again all the Accounts We have of Hindoos Chaldeans, Persians Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, We Shall find that Priests had all the Knowledge, and really governed all Mankind. Examine Mahometanism Trace Christianity from its first Promulgation, Knowledge has been almost exclusively confined to the Clergy.
And even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting Sect, who would tolerate, A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest Billingate, the most ungentlemanly insolenc, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured countenanced propagated and applauded: But touch a solemn Truth in collission with a dogma of a Sect, though capable of the clearest proof; and you will Soon find you have disturbed a Nest, and the hornets will swarm about your legs and hands and fly into your face and Eyes.John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1815-01-24) to John TaylorMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6098/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blasphemy #clergy #dogma #education #heresy #intolerance #knowledge #learning #organizedreligion #priesthood #religiouspersecution #truth #religion
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The Priesthood, have in all ancient Nations, nearly monopolized Learning. Read over again all the Accounts We have of Hindoos Chaldeans, Persians Greeks, Romans, Celts, Teutons, We Shall find that Priests had all the Knowledge, and really governed all Mankind. Examine Mahometanism Trace Christianity from its first Promulgation, Knowledge has been almost exclusively confined to the Clergy.
And even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting Sect, who would tolerate, A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest Billingate, the most ungentlemanly insolenc, the most yahooish brutality, is patiently endured countenanced propagated and applauded: But touch a solemn Truth in collission with a dogma of a Sect, though capable of the clearest proof; and you will Soon find you have disturbed a Nest, and the hornets will swarm about your legs and hands and fly into your face and Eyes.John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1815-01-24) to John TaylorMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/6098/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blasphemy #clergy #dogma #education #heresy #intolerance #knowledge #learning #organizedreligion #priesthood #religiouspersecution #truth #religion
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Bummed that I can't quote this, as I wanted to contribute.
Agree. 💯
And maybe there's another point here, that religious folk want these benefits to ONLY come from religion so they'll block the work to provide these to everyone. "Social policies don't work!" "Non-profits can do that!"
But do they? Are they actually effective at providing the services? Or do they function as marketing with a small side-benefit?
#positive #OrganizedReligion #religion #failures #secular #organize #space #philosophical #discussion #collective #emotional #healing #childcare #BasicNeeds #intergenerational #community #traditions #existence #working #money #church #hierarchy #priority #atheist #movement
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Bummed that I can't quote this, as I wanted to contribute.
Agree. 💯
And maybe there's another point here, that religious folk want these benefits to ONLY come from religion so they'll block the work to provide these to everyone. "Social policies don't work!" "Non-profits can do that!"
But do they? Are they actually effective at providing the services? Or do they function as marketing with a small side-benefit?
#positive #OrganizedReligion #religion #failures #secular #organize #space #philosophical #discussion #collective #emotional #healing #childcare #BasicNeeds #intergenerational #community #traditions #existence #working #money #church #hierarchy #priority #atheist #movement
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Bummed that I can't quote this, as I wanted to contribute.
Agree. 💯
And maybe there's another point here, that religious folk want these benefits to ONLY come from religion so they'll block the work to provide these to everyone. "Social policies don't work!" "Non-profits can do that!"
But do they? Are they actually effective at providing the services? Or do they function as marketing with a small side-benefit?
#positive #OrganizedReligion #religion #failures #secular #organize #space #philosophical #discussion #collective #emotional #healing #childcare #BasicNeeds #intergenerational #community #traditions #existence #working #money #church #hierarchy #priority #atheist #movement
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Today’s missed opportunity for religious extremists…
Someone could have faked their own rapture. You know, with notes and footage of flying up to the sky, etc. Then in like a week, they could have walked out of the forest naked and told a story about how God sent them back to fix everyone.
That would be like Jesus-level celebrity. Probably free coffee and stuff.
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Today’s missed opportunity for religious extremists…
Someone could have faked their own rapture. You know, with notes and footage of flying up to the sky, etc. Then in like a week, they could have walked out of the forest naked and told a story about how God sent them back to fix everyone.
That would be like Jesus-level celebrity. Probably free coffee and stuff.
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Today’s missed opportunity for religious extremists…
Someone could have faked their own rapture. You know, with notes and footage of flying up to the sky, etc. Then in like a week, they could have walked out of the forest naked and told a story about how God sent them back to fix everyone.
That would be like Jesus-level celebrity. Probably free coffee and stuff.
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If some of those Birds would spend their time following His example instead of trying to figure out His mode of arrival and departure, they would come nearer getting confidence in their Church.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1924-01-20), “Weekly Article: Send Mexico Our Wooden Ships, Too”
[58]More info about this quote: wist.info/rogers-will/79044/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #WillRogers #example #Jesus #belief #Christianity #church #goodworks #theology #wordsanddeeds #works #organizedreligion #religion
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If some of those Birds would spend their time following His example instead of trying to figure out His mode of arrival and departure, they would come nearer getting confidence in their Church.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1924-01-20), “Weekly Article: Send Mexico Our Wooden Ships, Too”
[58]More info about this quote: wist.info/rogers-will/79044/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #WillRogers #example #Jesus #belief #Christianity #church #goodworks #theology #wordsanddeeds #works #organizedreligion #religion
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
Is it desirable that all should be exactly alike in their religious convictions? Is any such thing possible? Do we not know that there are no two persons alike in the whole world? No two, trees, no two leaves, no two anythings that are alike? Infinite diversity is the law. Religion tries to force all minds into one mould. Knowing that all cannot believe, the church endeavors to make all say they believe. She longs for the unity of hypocrisy, and detests the splendid diversity of individuality and freedom.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious SocietySourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #lipservice #hypocrisy #church #conformity #diversity #freedom #individuality #organizedreligion #orthodoxy #religion #religiousdiversity
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #church #churchgoing #community #example #congregation #organizedreligion #reinforcement #religion #worship #mutualsupport
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Millennials are abandoning #OrganizedReligion. A new study sheds light on how and why young #Americans are disengaging from organized religion. While traditional religious involvement has declined sharply, many young people are not abandoning #Spirituality altogether. www.psypost.org/millennials-...
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Millennials are abandoning #OrganizedReligion. A new study sheds light on how and why young #Americans are disengaging from organized religion. While traditional religious involvement has declined sharply, many young people are not abandoning #Spirituality altogether. www.psypost.org/millennials-...
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#Antitheism, #atheism, and the REAL harm of #organizedreligion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQTpzeCj08Y
#Religion has been used to justify #slavery, #patriarchy, #queerphobia, and #colonization — but does that mean all #religious people are bad?
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#Antitheism, #atheism, and the REAL harm of #organizedreligion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQTpzeCj08Y
#Religion has been used to justify #slavery, #patriarchy, #queerphobia, and #colonization — but does that mean all #religious people are bad?
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#Antitheism, #atheism, and the REAL harm of #organizedreligion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQTpzeCj08Y
#Religion has been used to justify #slavery, #patriarchy, #queerphobia, and #colonization — but does that mean all #religious people are bad?
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Happy #Pride! In line with the times in which we live, I’m #NowReading “Why I am Not a Christian: and other essays on religion and related subject.” By Bertrand Russel.
His speech is from 1927 and the same arguments could be made today.
#Christianity #OrganizedReligion #Deconstruction #RecoveringChristian #ReligiousTrauma
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Happy #Pride! In line with the times in which we live, I’m #NowReading “Why I am Not a Christian: and other essays on religion and related subject.” By Bertrand Russel.
His speech is from 1927 and the same arguments could be made today.
#Christianity #OrganizedReligion #Deconstruction #RecoveringChristian #ReligiousTrauma
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Happy #Pride! In line with the times in which we live, I’m #NowReading “Why I am Not a Christian: and other essays on religion and related subject.” By Bertrand Russel.
His speech is from 1927 and the same arguments could be made today.
#Christianity #OrganizedReligion #Deconstruction #RecoveringChristian #ReligiousTrauma
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"#Christian Morality" Is Bullsh*t!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdr7mfQ5NQ
#christianvalues #morality #westerncivilization
What do people really mean when they talk about “Christian morality”? From the myth that #Christianity invented Western morality to the violent, #patriarchal history it conveniently forgets, we need to stop pretending that #organizedreligion owns the #moralhighground.
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"#Christian Morality" Is Bullsh*t!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdr7mfQ5NQ
#christianvalues #morality #westerncivilization
What do people really mean when they talk about “Christian morality”? From the myth that #Christianity invented Western morality to the violent, #patriarchal history it conveniently forgets, we need to stop pretending that #organizedreligion owns the #moralhighground.
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"#Christian Morality" Is Bullsh*t!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdr7mfQ5NQ
#christianvalues #morality #westerncivilization
What do people really mean when they talk about “Christian morality”? From the myth that #Christianity invented Western morality to the violent, #patriarchal history it conveniently forgets, we need to stop pretending that #organizedreligion owns the #moralhighground.
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#Deconstructing #Christianity Is a JOURNEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXW0Tpvorfw
#exchristian #deconstructingchristianity #deconstruction
Leaving Christianity - or any #organizedreligion - is a process, not a destination.
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#Deconstructing #Christianity Is a JOURNEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXW0Tpvorfw
#exchristian #deconstructingchristianity #deconstruction
Leaving Christianity - or any #organizedreligion - is a process, not a destination.
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#Deconstructing #Christianity Is a JOURNEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXW0Tpvorfw
#exchristian #deconstructingchristianity #deconstruction
Leaving Christianity - or any #organizedreligion - is a process, not a destination.
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Why I'm Angry at #Religion | Greta Christina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrA3QTV2qVM&list=WL
#atheist #atheism #christianity
In this thought-provoking video, author and activist #GretaChristina delves into the reasons behind her deep frustration with #organizedreligion. Drawing from personal experiences and broader societal observations, she examines how religion has often perpetuated harm, hindered progress, and shaped #oppressive systems.
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Why I'm Angry at #Religion | Greta Christina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrA3QTV2qVM&list=WL
#atheist #atheism #christianity
In this thought-provoking video, author and activist #GretaChristina delves into the reasons behind her deep frustration with #organizedreligion. Drawing from personal experiences and broader societal observations, she examines how religion has often perpetuated harm, hindered progress, and shaped #oppressive systems.
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Why I'm Angry at #Religion | Greta Christina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrA3QTV2qVM&list=WL
#atheist #atheism #christianity
In this thought-provoking video, author and activist #GretaChristina delves into the reasons behind her deep frustration with #organizedreligion. Drawing from personal experiences and broader societal observations, she examines how religion has often perpetuated harm, hindered progress, and shaped #oppressive systems.
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A quotation from Bierce, Ambrose:
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INFIDEL, n. […] A kind of scoundrel imperfectly reverent of, and niggardly contributory to, divines, ecclesiastics, popes, parsons, canons, monks, mollahs, voodoos, presbyters, hierophants, prelates, obeah-men, abbés, nuns, missionaries, exhorters, deacons, friars, hadjis, high-priests, muezzins, bra…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/72365/#quote #quotes #quotation #contributions #infidel #irreverence #organizedreligion #religion #tithes
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A quotation from Bierce, Ambrose:
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INFIDEL, n. […] A kind of scoundrel imperfectly reverent of, and niggardly contributory to, divines, ecclesiastics, popes, parsons, canons, monks, mollahs, voodoos, presbyters, hierophants, prelates, obeah-men, abbés, nuns, missionaries, exhorters, deacons, friars, hadjis, high-priests, muezzins, bra…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/72365/#quote #quotes #quotation #contributions #infidel #irreverence #organizedreligion #religion #tithes
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Speaking of #OrganizedReligion , TIL on @Wikipedia that #SaintDenis of #Paris is the patron saint of headaches! 😂 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denis_of_Paris&diffonly=true
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Speaking of #OrganizedReligion , TIL on @Wikipedia that #SaintDenis of #Paris is the patron saint of headaches! 😂 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denis_of_Paris&diffonly=true
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Speaking of #OrganizedReligion , TIL on @Wikipedia that #SaintDenis of #Paris is the patron saint of headaches! 😂 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denis_of_Paris&diffonly=true
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In today’s “Did you know…” section @Wikipedia featured an article on the #shrine to Ianto Jones , who was a *fictional character* in the #DoctorWho TV series. 👉 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ianto%27s_Shrine
🤔 Who’s gonna tell #Wikipedia about #Paganism and much of #OrganizedReligion ? 🧚♀️ ⛪️
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In today’s “Did you know…” section @Wikipedia featured an article on the #shrine to Ianto Jones , who was a *fictional character* in the #DoctorWho TV series. 👉 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ianto%27s_Shrine
🤔 Who’s gonna tell #Wikipedia about #Paganism and much of #OrganizedReligion ? 🧚♀️ ⛪️
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In today’s “Did you know…” section @Wikipedia featured an article on the #shrine to Ianto Jones , who was a *fictional character* in the #DoctorWho TV series. 👉 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ianto%27s_Shrine
🤔 Who’s gonna tell #Wikipedia about #Paganism and much of #OrganizedReligion ? 🧚♀️ ⛪️
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Why #OrganizedReligion is Morally Depraved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUKGycBfUrM
In this video we uncover the uncomfortable truths about how religion can lead to moral depravity.
#atheist #atheism #bible #christianity #morality #ethics #alphamale #christian #cults