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Religion can no longer rest its claims on a dogmatic supernaturalism, because any dogma that is irreconcilable with tested knowledge must be rejected... One sentence ... sums up the dark and deadly pages of Chistian history: If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

Herbert J. Muller

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Herbert J. Muller
Age: 74 †
Born: 1905
Born: July 7
Died: 1980
Died: January 27
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