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Monday, December 03, 2007

Voice of the Day: Pascal On Religion

People never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

- Blaise Pascal

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Witty, but not really true. I'm sure all of us could come up with some pretty evil actions that weren't based in religion, yet were done effectively and without a sad tear.

Posted by: Eric | December 3, 2007 9:45 AM

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