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damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Early American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (d. 1834) coined these words while condemning other preachers who “make the Bible clash and contradict itself, by preaching somewhat like this: ‘You can and you can’t—You shall and you shan’t—You will and you won’t— And you will be damned if you do—And you will be damned if you don’t.’ ” |