Lucretius on Religion
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So potent was Religion in persuading to do wrong.
Again and again our foe, religion, has given birth to deeds sinful and unholy.
The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.
How many evils has religion caused!
What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
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