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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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Entrepreneur
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
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Thetford
Norfolk
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Detest
Cruel
Bible
Atheism
Religion

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