Imagine There's No Heaven »

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The writers of the Constitution knew the recent history of wars of religion and religious persecution in Europe. Many of the thinkers who influenced them associated political freedom very closely with freedom of religion, with the dismantling of state religion, and -- in some cases -- with the abandonment of religion entirely. "Man shall not be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest," said Jean Meslier, or Denis Diderot, or perhaps Voltaire, depending whom you ask.

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    chuck-the-canuck1 year, 3 months ago

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    Isn't that kind of like imagining that there isn't a tooth fairy, or pixies?

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    PainGoddess1 year, 3 months ago

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    No gnomes or forest spirits. :(

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      PainGoddess1 year, 3 months ago

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      What no Valhalla??? By the gods what ever shall we do?

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