As enlightened as so much of the world has become, there are still billions of people who prescribe to a faith in unseen sentient forces that dictate the direction of the universe. Many of these people believe they are being persecuted at the same time they would exterminate all who disagree with their beliefs.
Secular Underground
"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat…" – God
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