“How I suffered when I had to preach to you those pious lies that I detest in my heart. What remorse your credulity caused me! A thousand times I was on the point of breaking out publicly and opening your eyes, but a fear stronger than myself held me back, and forced me to keep silence until my death.” DeathFearAtheismLiesAtheistSuperstitionCredulityPious LiesFirst Atheist Book:Testament: Memoir of the Thoughts and Sentiments of Jean Meslier Source: Testament: Memoir of the Thoughts and Sentiments of Jean Meslier
“Think hard about the reasons for believing and not believing, what your religion teaches you and demands so inexorably that you believe. I am convinced that if you follow closely the natural light of your spirit, you will see ... that all the religions in the world are only human inventions and that everything your religion teaches you and forces you to believe as supernatural and divine is at heart only error, lie, illusion and trickery.” IfsThinkingWorldBelieveHumansHeartHardReasonLightSpiritLyingForceNaturalTeachDivineDemandIllusionErrorsAtheistConvincedInventionTrickeryHuman InventionsNatural Light Author:Jean Meslier
