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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There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are shaggy dog stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it. – W. H. Auden

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