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Ive spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the worlds re

Ive spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the worlds religions, and Ive done my homework. Ive gone to each of the worlds eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and Ive apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. – Huston Smith

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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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First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat. – Huston Smith

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Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. – Huston Smith

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Were very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how were inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and thats how were raising our daughter. – Boris Kodjoe

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At least the fundamentalists havent tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see. – Richard Dawkins

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That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me. – Lynn Abbey

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