Galileo GalileiI do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
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Sir Francis Bacon said, “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” Sir Francis was trying to tell people that they don’t have to believe in God or gods because it is completely irrational.
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