Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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H. L. Mencken76 quotes“Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.”
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