"The Christians were the first to make the existence of Satan a dogma of the church. What is the use in a Pope if there is no Devil ?"

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My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true. Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.

— Bertrand Russell