498. Calvin's Petrified Heart

Luther denounced mental liberty with all the coarse and brutal vigor

of his nature; Calvin despised, from the very bottom of his petrified

heart, anything that even looked like religious toleration, and solemnly

declared that to advocate it was to crucify Christ afresh. All the

founders of all the orthodox churches have advocated the same infamous

tenet. The truth is, that what is called religion is necessarily

inconsistent with free thought.

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