[William Terrell]

Actually, atheists may be an important national resource. To be an atheist one must be intelligent, stubborn and independent, all the prerequisites for the resistance of tyranny. We must figure out how to use them before they go to Hell.

But if they are used for such a noble purpose, will they go to Hell? Possibly an unmined strategy for saving souls.

[tpaine]

We must figure out how to use them before they go to Hell.
But if they are used for such a noble purpose, will they go to Hell? Possibly an unmined strategy for saving souls.


Those who dream of 'using' people, and see that as noble, -- should look to the state of their own soul.