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Joseph Addison

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

Joseph Addison

Faith

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Joseph Addison is saying that believing there is no God actually demands more trust than accepting the important spiritual truths that atheism rejects. He suggests that rejecting these truths involves a bigger leap of faith than simply accepting them.

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