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title: 'Strong Words From Jonathan Dickinson on the Reason Why Men Reject Christianity'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2022-09-05
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2022-strong-words-from-jonathan-dickinson-on-the-reason-why-men-reject-christianity
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# Strong Words From Jonathan Dickinson on the Reason Why Men Reject Christianity

“No man rejects the principles of Christianity, because his reasons runs counter to them, but because his lusts control his reason and debauch his judgment, fix a depraved bias upon his will, and commit a rape on his conscience, by their infatuating charms.” — [Jonathan Dickinson](/authors/jonathan-dickinson), Preface to *The Reasonableness of Christianity* (1732), pp. vii-viii