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Christianity is the complete negation of common sense and sound reason.

Mikhail Bakunin

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Mikhail Bakunin
Age: 62 †
Born: 1814
Born: May 30
Died: 1876
Died: July 1
Anarchist
Philosopher
Politician
Writer
Michael Bakunin
Michail Alexandrovich Bakunin
A. M. Bakunin
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
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Christianity
Common
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Destroy or be destroyed-there is no middle way! Let us then be the destroyers!
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A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth.
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[Jehovah is] certainly the most jealous, the most vain, the most ferocious, the most unjust, the most bloodthirsty, the most despotic, and the most hostile to human dignity and liberty.
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Do you want to make it impossible for anyone to oppress his fellow-man? Then make sure that no one shall possess power.
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