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If you believe in Christianity you must believe that there are infinitely more people in hell than in heaven.

1 min readUpdated 12 October 2022
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I have not to believe that, and I do not believe it. Yet I believe in Christianity. Why should you, a non-Christian, prescribe for me what I have to believe? You might at least leave that to Christians.

Radio Replies Volume 1 by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble MSC and Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty

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