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Life Ceases To Be So Oppressive: We Are Free To Give Our Own Lives Meaning And Purpose, Free To Redeem Our Suffering By Making Something Of It.

To An Even Moderately Sophisticated And Well-read Person It Should Come As No Surprise That Any Religion At All Has Its Hidden As Well As Its Obvious Beauties And Is Capable Of Profound And Impressive Interpretations. What Is Deeply Objectionable About Most Of These Interpretations Is That They Allow The Believer To Say Yes While Evading Any No.

The Doctrine Of Original Sin Claims That All Men Sinned In Adam; But Whether They Did Or Whether It Is Merely A Fact That All Men Sin Does Not Basically Affect The Problem Of Suffering.

The Deepest Difference Between Religions Is Not That Between Polytheism And Monotheism.

Those Who Believe In God Because Their Experience Of Life And The Facts Of Nature Prove His Existence Must Have Led Sheltered Lives And Closed Their Hearts To The Voice Of Their Brothers' Blood.