Having seen how many follow and have followed false religions, and having our reason utterly against many of the principal points of the Bible, we re… - Edward FitzGerald

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Having seen how many follow and have followed false religions, and having our reason utterly against many of the principal points of the Bible, we require the most perfect evidence of facts, before we can believe. If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe that he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple; and you can't expect greater complaisance than that to be sure.

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About Edward FitzGerald

Edward Marlborough FitzGerald (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883), born Edward Marlborough Purcell, was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

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Birth Name: Edward Marlborough Purcell
Alternative Names: Edward Fitzgerald Edward Purcell Edward Fitz Gerald Edward Marlborough Fitzgerald Edward Fitz-Gerald Fitzgerald Edward Marlborough FitzGerald E. F. G
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