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The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. – Richard Burton

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False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. – Richard Burton

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No creed can be stretched to the size of truth; no church can be made as large as man. – Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays

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Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life. – Paul Tillich

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I think Im fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, its impossible to ignore. – Tom Perrotta

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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. – Walter Scott

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