I have ever judged of the ...

I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives...  But this does not satisfy the priesthood.  They must have a positive, a declared assent to all of their interested absurdities.  My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest.
I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives... But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must have a positive, a declared assent to all of their interested absurdities. My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest.