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n o r a n c e . s u p e r s t i ti o n ,
p r e ju d ic e ,
b e a d o g m a a n d m y th t h a t h a s a l r e a d y
e d it o r o f th e e o st b illio n s of d o l l a r s a n d th e p r e
c io u s liv e s of m illio n s of p e o p le ,
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b e s id e s u n to ld s o rro w s , m is e r ie s
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a n d c r im e s — a ll in th e n a m e of
,1. S om e o f m y l i t t l e f r ie n d s s a y
C h r i s t ia n i ty .
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give to y o u r life its b e a u ty a n d jo y it fo r d o in g so, a n d in su c h e a se h e
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