Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives … - Julian Baggini

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Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.

Julian Baggini

Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right.

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