"Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
-- George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
Without religion selective interpretations of ancient books chronicling impossible deeds and frequently contradictory ideas, how would we know whom to feel morally superior to?
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