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He concluded that " Christianity was a fabrication created out of the conniving minds of Jesus ' followers . By means of these and the like presumptuous conceptions of unenlightened minds , the consciences of men are kept off from being affected with a due sense of sin , and a serious consideration how they may obtain acceptance before God . It will be the duty of those who are endowed with quicker and better understandings , in whose case the former books are sufficient , and more than sufficient , to effect their intended object , to bear with me with patience and equanimity whilst I attempt with more than ordinary diligence to tear up and eradicate depraved and ancient opinions hostile to the truth of piety , which the long-continued error of the human race has fixed very deeply in unenlightened minds ; co-operating also in this , according to my little measure , with the grace of Him who , being the true God , is able to accomplish it , and on whose help I depend in my work ; and , for the sake of others , such should not deem superfluous what they feel to be no longer necessary for themselves . I stored up this piece of casual information , as careful housewives store seemingly worthless shreds and fragments for which their prescient minds anticipate a possible use some day . Top government scientists , leading industrial minds , academicians , technology transfer experts , economic development specialists , venture capitalists and business innovators from around the world will be presenting and attending .