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It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own r

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations. – Huston Smith

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Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. – Huston Smith

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Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. – Huston Smith

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I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way. – Neale Donald Walsch

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Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. – Thurston Moore

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Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values. – Allen Tate

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Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I dont think Im doing anything terribly new. – Rob Bell

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