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When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power. – Walter Jon Williams

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The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority. – Phillip E. Johnson

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Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live? – Jonathan Sacks

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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. – Richard Dawkins

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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. – Benjamin Franklin

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