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title: "5 God Crime Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 God Crime quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best God Crime sayings and thoughts."
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> [For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-keckley/for-an-act-may-be-wrong-judged-purely-by-itself-but-when-the-motive/)

[Elizabeth Keckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-keckley/)

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> [“The existance of many gods conveys true complexity of mortal life. Conversely, the assertion of but one god leads to a denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/the-existance-of-many-gods-conveys-true-complexity-of-mortal-life/)

[Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/)

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> [If we forgive God for his crime against us, which is to have made us finite creatures, He will forgive our crime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/if-we-forgive-god-for-his-crime-against-us-which-is-to-have-made-us/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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> [If loving God is a crime, give me a life sentence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myah/if-loving-god-is-a-crime-give-me-a-life-sentence/)

[Myah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myah/)

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> [“Crime begins with God. It will end with man, when he finds God again. Crime is everywhere, in all the fibres and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/crime-begins-with-god-it-will-end-with-man-when-he-finds-god-again/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

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