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Religious believers of the world, you are free to continue to debate the simple, narrow question that divides you from atheists, but you have no right, in so doing, to treat the Humanists of the world with contempt. You owe them a deep debt of gratitude, for not only have they shed much light on a naturally dark world but they have very probably helped civilize your own specific religion.

— Steve Allen Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio: Raising Standards of Popular Culture (2001)

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