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Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. millions among us, even now, are quite willing to die for our unjustified beliefs, and millions more, it seems, are willing to kill for them.
-Sam Harris
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Sam Harris
Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. millions among us, even now, are quite willing to die for our unjustified beliefs, and millions more, it seems, are willing to kill for them.
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