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Sin Quotes by Thomas Paine
- Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating…
- The story of the redemption will not stand examination. That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by committing a murder…
- The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
- We do not admit the authority of the church with respect to its pretended infallibility, its manufactured miracles, its setting itself up to forgive sins.…
- Accustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men can forgive sins and you will have sins in abundance.
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