{"id":103,"date":"2018-08-14T20:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tompainetoday.com\/commonsense\/?p=103"},"modified":"2018-08-15T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T14:55:12","slug":"it-is-from-the-bible-that-man-has-learned-cruelty-rapine-and-murder-for-the-belief-of-a-cruel-god-makes-a-cruel-man-thomas-paine-1797","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tompainetoday.com\/commonsense\/2018\/08\/14\/it-is-from-the-bible-that-man-has-learned-cruelty-rapine-and-murder-for-the-belief-of-a-cruel-god-makes-a-cruel-man-thomas-paine-1797\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.&#8221; \u2014Thomas Paine, 1797"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>More than 300 Catholic priests across Pennsylvania sexually abused children over seven decades, protected by a hierarchy of church leaders who covered it up, according to a sweeping grand jury report released Tuesday&#8230;<\/p><p>\u201cPriests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all. For decades,\u201d the grand jury wrote in its report.<\/p><cite>Read on &amp; Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2018\/08\/14\/pennsylvania-grand-jury-report-on-sex-abuse-in-catholic-church-will-list-hundreds-of-accused-predator-priests\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.9c9ef1733060\">Washington Post<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomPaineToday\/posts\/10155371002166582\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. 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