The only reason people believe in the doctrine of Christianity, Koerbagh wrote, is that religious authorities 'forbid people to investigate and order them to believe everything they say without examination, and they try to murder (if they do not escape) those who question things and thus arrive at knowledge and truth, as has happened many thousands of times.'
Koerbagh was a champion of intellectual freedom, but he had no interest in being a martyr. Instead, he shows us how prudence and boldness can go hand in hand.
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