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Religion has always persecuted science. ↗

— Dan Brown

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You can't distinguish your group by doing things that are rational and believing things that are true. If you want to set yourself apart from other people you have to do things that are arbitrary and believe things that are false. ↗

— Paul Graham

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The disciples of Jesus “found themselves thinking that if divine goodness were to manifest itself in human form, this (he) is how it would behave… he invited people to see differently instead of telling them what to do or believe…he located the authority of his teaching in his hearer’s hearts, not in himself or God-as-removed. ↗

— Huston Smith

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(Wallace) Stevens turns to the idea of the weather precisely as the religious idea turns to the idea of God. ↗

— Harold Bloom

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(Priests) cheapjack merchants selling paradise ↗

— Jean Lorrain

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a criminal sketch of Christ on a diner napkin -'Poet Prophets ↗

— Amber Koneval

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On the exoteric level the traditions are irreconcilable. On the esoteric, experiential level of the heart reigns an eloquent, reverential silence. ↗

— Frederick Franck

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Agama dijadikan media provokasi termurah dan terefektif sepanjang masa, apalagi buat orang kayak gue yang nggak ngerti-ngerti banget agama. ↗

— Sammaria

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Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from apes. Or that the earth is much older than four thousand years. Or that someone would ask where Noah go his polar bears from. Or that someone would swear. Father was terrified. ↗

— Guus Kuijer

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How famous I'll be, but would give up in front of the ''GOD''. ~$amaर ↗

— Samar Sudha

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