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The Christian Idea Of A Perfect Heaven That Is Something Other Than A Non-existence Is A Contradiction In Terms.

Medical Science Has Made Such Tremendous Progress That There Is Hardly A Healthy Human Left.

Most Kings And Priests Have Been Despotic, And All Religions Have Been Riddled With Superstition.

At Their First Appearance Innovators Have Always Been Derided As Fools And Mad Men.

I Have Spoken So Far Only Of The Blissful Visionary Experience? But Visionary Experience Is Not Always Blissful. It's Sometimes Terrible. There Is Hell As Well As Heaven.