If God were not a necessary Being of himself, he might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

— John Tillotson Day's Collacon: An Encyclopaedia of Prose Quotations (1884)

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Comparable to "Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer" (translated: "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him", Voltaire, Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs (10 November 1770).

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If God were not a necessary Being of himself, he might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

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