Wish I'd said that - October 25, 2020

“if Christianity were once abolished, how could the Freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning be able to find another subject, so calculated in all points, whereon to display their abilities? what wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius, by continual practice, has been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish themselves upon any other subject?”

Jonathan Swift “Argument Against Abolishing Christianity in England” in A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works