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It was Christians, you know, not Pagans, who were responsible for the Holocaust. It was Christians, not Pagans, who lynched people here in the South, who burned people at the stake, frequently in the name of this Jesus Christ.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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