"All we can say for sure is that monotheism proved as deadly a foe to learning as war and barbarism. Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum."
— L. Sprague de Camp

January 1, 1970

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Author’s Note; the Latin is a quote from Lucretius, “So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.”