The government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian religion. The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason. I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded on fables and mythology. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind and monopolize power and profit. This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religions in it. The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus will be classed with the fable of the generation of Manover in the brain of Jupiter. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does mean no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. I die the pigs my pocket nor bricks my leg. Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. you