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Thomas Paine

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

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Thomas Paine is saying that the value of any religion lies in its ability to encourage people to behave morally. He also points out that no religion actually promotes harmful or immoral behavior.

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