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Good Sense by baron d' Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
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86. There is no evil, no disorder, and no sin, but must be attributed
to God: consequently God has no right either to punish or recompence

87. The prayers offered to God sufficiently prove dissatisfaction of
the divine will

88. It is the height of absurdity to imagine, that the injuries and
misfortunes, endured in this world, will be repaired in another world

89. Theology justifies the evil and the wickedness, permitted by its God,
only by attributing to him the principle, that "Might makes Right,"
which is the violation of all Right

90. The absurd doctrine of Redemption, and the frequent exterminations
attributed to Jehovah, impress one with the idea of an unjust and
barbarous God

91. Can a being, who has called us into existence merely to make us
miserable, be a generous, equitable, and tender father?

92. Man's life, and all that occurs, deposes against the liberty of Man,
and against the justice and goodness of a pretended God

93. It is not true, that we owe any gratitude to what is called
_Providence_

94. It is folly to suppose that Man is the king of nature, the favourite
of God, and unique object of his labours

95. A comparison between Man and brutes
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