I cannot see how it can be argued that one should speak in tones of reverence and awe … - Steve Allen

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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

Steve Allen

I cannot see how it can be argued that one should speak in tones of reverence and awe about the alleged divine instruction-in Psalms-to grab the defenseless bodies of innocent infants and dash their brains out against the nearest rocks or walls.

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