Many #religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.
―Christopher Hitchens

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#atheism #faith #god

Many #religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.
―Christopher Hitchens

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#atheism #faith #god

"In January 1826, the state of #Maryland passed the so-called “ #Jew Bill.” The 200th anniversary of the bill being enacted into law was last week. The Maryland state legislature will hold an event in February, during the annual legislative session, to commemorate the 1826 #law.

Prior to 1826, only members of #Christian #religions were eligible to hold office in Maryland. In fact, there was a clause in the oath of office that elected officials were required to take that affirmed their belief in #Christianity.

The formal title of the bill was “An act to extend to the sect of people professing the #Jewish religion the same rights and privileges enjoyed by Christians.”

This bill was proposed and resisted for years before it was finally passed in 1826."

https://www.jewishtimes.com/marking-the-200th-anniversary-of-the-so-called-jew-bill/

"In January 1826, the state of #Maryland passed the so-called “ #Jew Bill.” The 200th anniversary of the bill being enacted into law was last week. The Maryland state legislature will hold an event in February, during the annual legislative session, to commemorate the 1826 #law.

Prior to 1826, only members of #Christian #religions were eligible to hold office in Maryland. In fact, there was a clause in the oath of office that elected officials were required to take that affirmed their belief in #Christianity.

The formal title of the bill was “An act to extend to the sect of people professing the #Jewish religion the same rights and privileges enjoyed by Christians.”

This bill was proposed and resisted for years before it was finally passed in 1826."

https://www.jewishtimes.com/marking-the-200th-anniversary-of-the-so-called-jew-bill/