“To label people as death-deserving enemies because of disagreements about real world politics is bad enough. To do the same for disagreements about a delusional world inhabited by archangels, demons and imaginary friends is ludicrously tragic.”

— Richard Dawkins, book A Devil's Chaplain

"Time to Stand Up"
A Devil's Chaplain (2003)

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