“In order to convince the world to worship government, those within its presumably divine channels of rule had to create an image of superiority. Early governments did so by invoking fear and terror. This is not surprising. Early deities were ruthless, vindictive, and cruel.”

Source: A Way to Be Free: The Autobiography of Robert LeFevre, Volume I, (1999), p. 137

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