Although he professed a personal faith, American humorist and author Samuel Clement, (a.k.a. Mark Twain) was known as an outspoken critic of organized religion and hypocrisy among religious leaders.
The story is told that Twain attended church one Sunday and informed the preacher at the door that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning.
The preacher assured Twain that his sermon was original and demanded to see the book. Twain said he would send it over. Continue reading
