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"The god of the Holy Bible - so much adored in the United States and elsewhere - is ferociously vindictive, neurotically jealous, intolerant, vainglorious, punitive, wrathful, sexist, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, sadistic and homicidal.""As they say, it's all in the Bible. Beware of those who act in the name of such a god."
"Were we to encounter these vicious traits in an ordinary man, we would judge him to be in need of lifelong incarceration at a maximum-security facility."
"At the very least, we would not prattle on about how he works his wonders in mysterious ways. In fact, 'biblical Jesus qualifies quite well as founder and forerunner of an intolerant Christianity."
"That 'old-time religion' is still very much with us and having a considerable impact on U.S. political life."
Parenti was unforgiving. He challenged iconic religious figures. He exposed their dark sides. He included Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, and Tibetan Buddhism.
John Paul II "remained up to his ears in counter-revolutionary politics in Latin America and elsewhere," he said. He "directed no critical attacks against right-wing dictatorships." He called them "bulwarks against communist revolution."
He intervened on behalf of Chilean despot Augusto Pinochet. At the time, he was under house arrest in London.
Mother Teresa jetted around the world "against divorce, abortion, and birth control."
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