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I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.

Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine
Age: 72 †
Born: 1737
Born: January 29
Died: 1809
Died: June 8
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Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
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Thetford
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Bible
Atheism
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Everything
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Cruel

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