I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)

Letter to Richard Price (8 Jan 1789)
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Price had written to Jefferson on 26 Oct 1788  about the harm done by religion and wrote "Would not Society be better without Such religions? Is Atheism less pernicious than Demonism?"