Vulgar words in The Making of Religion (Page 1)

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Why, or how, did a silly buffoon, or a confessed 'bogle' arrive at being regarded as a patron of such morality as had been evolved?

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Balaam's ass, and the dogs which crouched and whined before Athene, whom Eumaeus could not see, are 'classical' instances.

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He gave the realm to his bastard, Urca, who was defeated and killed by the Chancas.

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Man being what he is, man was certain to 'go a-whoring' after practically useful ghosts, ghost-gods, and fetishes which he could keep in his wallet or medicine bag.

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According to their history, the Israelites 'went a-whoring' incorrigibly after strange gods.

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