"Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society."

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"A satirist that criticizes religion is seen as a satanist."

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"Religion is a cultural relic inherited from ancient civilizations that doctrinal influence persists globally in modern times. Religious people rely upon their notional belief in the primal innocence of human beings in order to support the abstract supposition of inherently benevolent God guiding human souls."

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"A satirist that criticizes religion is seen as a satanist."

"Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations."

"Only the Prince of Peace gives peace."

"There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion."

"There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed. So don't knock the guys on death row. Maybe they know something you don't."

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"Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message."

"History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that."

"Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream."

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