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A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern, Volume 1 of 2

Note 1 — Chapter III · PROGRESS UNDER ANCIENT RELIGIONS

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Cp. Lang (Myth, Ritual, and Religion, i, 91) as to the contemptuous disbelief of savages in Christian myths. Mr. Lang observes that this shows savages and civilized men to have “different standards of credulity.” That, however, does not seem to be the true inference. Each order of believer accepts the myths of his own creed, and derides others. ↑

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