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Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride of strong sense and feeble reasons of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.

Jeremy Collier

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Sense
Atheism
Corrupter
Reason
Eating
Feeble
Good
Ignorance
Plague
Pride
Ill
Results
Manners
Society
Reasons
Living
Result
Strong
Property

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