Quote by Mark Twain

There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory as it is -- in our country particularly, and in all other Christian countries in a somewhat modified degree -- it is still a hundred times better than the Christianity of the Bible, with its prodigious crime -- the invention of Hell. Measured by our Christianity of to-day, bad as it is, hypocritical as it is, empty and hollow as it is, neither the Deity nor His Son is a Christian, nor qualified for that moderately high place. Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.

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Summary

This quote, attributed to Mark Twain, presents a critique of Christianity as practiced in his time and in history compared to the Christianity described in the Bible. Twain suggests that modern Christianity is filled with negative qualities such as violence, greed, and hypocrisy, but despite all its flaws, it is still better than the Christianity portrayed in the Bible because it includes the creation of Hell. He emphasizes the immense bloodshed and suffering that has been caused in the name of religion throughout history, and questions whether the Deity or Jesus Christ, on whom the religion is based, would actually identify as Christians.

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