That the sacred name of religion which sounds nothing but s… - John Toland

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That the sacred name of religion which sounds nothing but sanctity, peace and integrity should be so universally abused to patronize ambition, impiety and contention! And that what is our highest interest perfectly to understand, should (for reasons afterward to be laid open) both be maintained to be obscure, and very industriously made so!

John Toland

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John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was an Irish-born rationalist philosopher and freethinker.

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