Mendelssohn

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Moses

1729-1786

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Jewish

Among all the prescriptions and ordinances of the Mosaic Law, there is not a single one which says:  You shall believe or not believe.  They all say: You shall do or not do … Nowhere does it say:  Believe … 

as quoted in Huberman, The Quotable Atheist, pp. 210-211 – the 10th Commandment would seem to be an exception

– the 10th Commandment would seem to be an exception

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