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The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism, hatred, and persecution, and also the cause of the vulgar pursuit of success as a proof of divine favor.

— Reinhold Niebuhr, The Nature and Destiny of Man (1941)
2w ago

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.

1mo ago
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What defines Japan's national identity?

America is a flexible society that is rigid when it comes to religion; Japan is the opposite, a rigid society with a surprising flexibility when it comes to faith.

2mo ago

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