The countenance given from a spirit of controversy to that negative religion may by degrees encourage light and unthinking people to a total indifference to everything positive in matters of doctrine, and, in the end, of practice too.
Burke warns that fostering a negative view of religion can lead to indifference towards positive doctrines and practices.
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