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Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Gullibility
Credulity
Slight
Evidence
Belief
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