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> [But the most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of sin and divine punishment, it's warped and brainwashed countless millions. It would be impossible to calculate the psychic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/but-the-most-heinous-crime-of-the-church-has-been-perpetrated-not/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

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> [The most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of sin and divine punishment, it's warped and brainwashed countless millions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/the-most-heinous-crime-of-the-church-has-been-perpetrated-not-against/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

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## Other authors on Brainwashed

## More by Madalyn Murray O'Hair

> [If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/if-a-humanist-or-an-atheist-or-an-agnostic-says-we-ll-bake-you-a-pie/)

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> [If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/if-you-re-talking-about-intellectual-and-social-equality-for-women-we/)

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> [My son Bill, who came to me in 1960-he was 14 then, quoted the old parable to me: "It is not by their words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/my-son-bill-who-came-to-me-in-1960-he-was-14-then-quoted-the-old/)

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> [There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/there-is-no-god-there-s-no-heaven-there-s-no-hell-there-are-no-angels/)

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> [Kids should be taught about sex, sex hygiene and contraceptive methods starting in the sixth grade, and whenever they want to try it, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/kids-should-be-taught-about-sex-sex-hygiene-and-contraceptive-methods/)

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> [Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. It's no coincidence that most of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/intolerance-has-always-been-one-of-the-cornerstones-of-christianity/)

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> [Long ago, when I was a very young girl, I said that I wanted to go everywhere, see everything, taste everything. hear everything, touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/long-ago-when-i-was-a-very-young-girl-i-said-that-i-wanted-to-go/)

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> [Scholars have found that references to Christ in Josephus were deliberately planted in the translation long after it was written, and the Latin references…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/scholars-have-found-that-references-to-christ-in-josephus-were/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

> [“Oh, one of the things that I am most proud of is that people can say, "I am an atheist," in the United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/oh-one-of-the-things-that-i-am-most-proud-of-is-that-people-can-say-i/)

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> [I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of seeking asylum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-decided-that-we-d-have-to-take-our-chances-with-the-law-and-get-the/)

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> [My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/my-life-and-the-life-of-my-family-has-been-completely-disrupted-in/)

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> [I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a physical battle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-need-somebody-who-can-at-least-stand-up-to-me-and-slug-it-out-toe/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

> [I'm not proud of having been married -I've had five affairs, all of them real wingdings. I've enjoyed every goddamned minute of them, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-m-not-proud-of-having-been-married-i-ve-had-five-affairs-all-of/)

[Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/)

> [I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-m-saying-that-there-s-absolutely-no-conclusive-evidence-that-jesus/)

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> [Engineers have a very limited education and background, I think you need to move into the broader humanities in order to become a total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/engineers-have-a-very-limited-education-and-background-i-think-you/)

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