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"The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." -
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Abraham Lincoln
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Top 5 quotes from Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
"Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."
"As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you."
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Top 5 quotes from Anti-Religion, Christianity
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people."
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"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried."
"These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own."
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