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There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Believe
Itching
Atheist
Believer
Atheism
Doubt
Every
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