"If you suspect that my interest in the Bible is going to inspire me with sudden enthusiasm for Judaism and make me a …"

"The Christian Bible contains hundreds of thousands of things that are condemnable. We have only shown here a few absu…"

"The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride…"

"It is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some …"

"You will naturally examine first, the religion of your own country. Read the Bible, then as you would read Livy or Ta…"

"You will next read the new testament. It is the history of a personage called Jesus. Keep in your eye the opposite pr…"

"Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences. If it ends in a belief that there is no god, …"

"In fine, I repeat, you must lay aside all prejudice on both sides, and neither believe nor reject anything, because a…"

"When speaking of the new testament that you should read all the histories of Christ, as well of those whom a council …"

"Yet he issued a command to the skies above"