acknowledge an old codger of a God who takes a turn in his garden plot with his walking stick, entertains his friends in the bellies of whales, expires with a cry and comes back to life three days later: matters preposterous in themselves and completely opposed, moreover, to all the laws of natural philosophy; which proves, by the by, that priests have always wallowed in a vile ignorance, in which they strive to engulf the populace along with themselves.”
