“Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?”
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
