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“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.”

Knows Mean Doe Lying Religion Order Speak Leadership Destruction Mere Lawyer Liars Portions Deceiving Deceptive Craftsman

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“It is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute or control, will go to destruction. Consequently, when a state resolves that religious instruction shall be banished from the schools and other literary institutions, it virtually resolves on self-destruction.”

Source: Systematic Theology

“The fundamental religion of most of mankind is the faith that God has revealed Himself to us and not to the barbarians. Our tribe is the one God chose and so if we vanquish the other tribes and rain fire and destruction on them, we're only carrying out God's Will.”

Ifs Religion Fire Mankind Rain Destruction Fundamentals Gods Will Tribes Barbarians Vanquish

Author:Garrison Keillor

“Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone, possibly a monk from a nearby monastery of St Pachomius, took the banned books and hid them from destruction - in the jar where they remained buried for almost 1,600 years.”

Years Made Book Religion Destruction Possession Criminals Destroyed Copies Buried Burned Offense Egypt Monk Jars Banned Monasteries Banned Books

Book:The Gnostic Gospels

Source: The Gnostic Gospels

“If history reveals any categorical truth, it is that an insufficient taste for evidence regularly brings out the worst in us. Add weapons of mass destruction to this diabolical clockwork, and you have . . . a recipe for the fall of civilization.”

Ifs Religion Fall Worst Civilization Taste Weapons Mass Evidence Destruction Add Recipes Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction Insufficient Clockwork Diabolical

Book:The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

“Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.”

Mean Has Beens Made Used Religion Teach Morality Mass Destruction Excuse Insight Persecution Hippie Mass Destruction Brotherly Brotherly Love

Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68

Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68