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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. – T. S. Eliot

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But lets just say, Im Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. – Liam Neeson

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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. – Hans Kung

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Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. – Ralph W. Sockman

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