It is impossible to exaggerate the evil work theology has done in the world. What destruction of the beautiful monuments of past ages, what waste of life, what disturbance of domestic and social happiness, what perverted feelings, what blighted hearts, have always marked its baneful progress.

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) American abolitionist, activist, journalist, suffragist

The Progress of Religious Ideas Through Successive Ages, Vol. 3, “Concluding Chapter” (1855)
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Child is specifically referring to religious thinking and doctrine removed from sentiments of reverence, justice, and benevolence.