“It is easy to prime the pump and have the words gush forth in a torrent of pious phrases but the proof of what we really want – regardless of what we say we want – is evident in the way we live.”

—  Charles Templeton

Farewell to God: My Reasons for Rejecting the Christian Faith (1995)

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