Here's a source, and you can find Dwight's speech elsewhere. And BTW, Voltaire's as much of a deist as Darwin was an agnostic (meaning, not at all. Timothy Dwight made clear that he was an atheist).
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===Atheism and free speech===
===Atheism and free speech===
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Atheists commonly purported to believe in free speech. Yet, French Encyclopedist [[Denis Diderot]] (along with the anti-Christian [[deism|deist]] [[Voltaire]]) staged a six-stage plan to overthrow Christianity and replace it with irreligion and atheism. Half of the steps involved violating free speech by making sure the French Academie was staffed only by their Philosophe/Atheistic friends, and also mass-producing texts to the French Kingdom among all classes, as well as create a secret academy to print lies about the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
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Atheists commonly purported to believe in free speech. Yet, French Encyclopedist [[Denis Diderot]] (along with the anti-Christian [[deism|deist]] [[Voltaire]]) staged a six-stage plan to overthrow Christianity and replace it with irreligion and atheism. Half of the steps involved violating free speech by making sure the French Academie was staffed only by their Philosophe/Atheistic friends, and also mass-producing texts to the French Kingdom among all classes, as well as create a secret academy to print lies about the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2006/04/35810/</ref>
In addition, atheistic communist countries are known to be among the most repressive countries in the world.
In addition, atheistic communist countries are known to be among the most repressive countries in the world.