If there were a reason for preferring the Christian religion to natural religion, it would be because the former offers us, on the nature of God and man, enlightenment that the latter lacks. Now, this is not at all the case; for Christianity, instead of clarifying, gives rise to an infinite multitude of obscurities and difficulties.
Denis DiderotWhether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
Denis DiderotThere's a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
Denis Diderot