“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”
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“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
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“Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.”
― The Girl Who Played with Fire
― The Girl Who Played with Fire
“I think that God that we have created and allowed to shape our culture through, essentially Christian theology is a pretty villainous creature. I think that one of the things that male patriarchal figure has done is, allowed under it's, his church, his wing, all kinds of corruptions and villainies to grow and fester. In the name of that God terrible wars have been waged, in the name of that God terrible sexism has been allowed to spread. There are children being born all across this world that don't have enough food to eat because that God, at least his church, tells the mothers and fathers that they must procreate at all costs, and to prevent procreation with a condom is in contravention with his laws. Now, I don't believe that God exists. I think that God is creation of men, by men, and for men. What has happened over the many centuries now, the better part of two thousand in fact, is that that God has been slowly and steadily accruing power. His church has been accruing power, and the men who run that church, and they are all men, are not about to give it up. If they give it up, they give up luxury, they give up comfort.”
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