Good Sense by baron d' Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
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62. Theology makes its God a monster of absurdity, injustice,
malice, and atrocity 63. All Religion inspires contemptible fears 64. There is no difference between Religion, and the most somber and servile Superstition 65. To judge from the ideas which Theology gives of the Deity, the love of God is impossible 66. An eternally tormenting God is a most detestable being 67. Theology is a tissue of palpable contradictions 68. The pretended works of God do not prove Divine Perfections 69. The perfection of God is not rendered more evident by the pretended creation of angels 70. Theology preaches the Omnipotence of its God, yet constantly makes him appear impotent 71. According to all religious systems, God would be the most capricious and most foolish of beings 72. It is absurd to say that Evil does not proceed from God 73. The foreknowledge attributed to God would give men a right to complain of his cruelty |
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