The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and the damnation of almost everybody. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and the damnation of almost everybody.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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