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“Religion has the capacity to silence critical thinking and create blindness in entire groups of people. It can infect the minds of followers so completely as to allow the most egregious sexual acts against children and others to go unchallenged for centuries.”

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Darrel Ray
Darrel Ray

Darrel Ray, born on August 24, 1950, is a writer whose works primarily explore the relationship between religion, sex, science, and human behavior. more

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