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“We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.”

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Barack Obama, born on August 4, 1961, served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama's presidency was marked by significant achievements, including the Affordable Care Act and the normalization of relations with Cuba. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. more

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“He who made us would have been a pitiful bungler, if he had made the rules of our moral conduct a matter of science. For one man of science, there are thousands who are not. What would have become of them? Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and wrong, merely relative to this.”

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Book:Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States

Source: Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States

“Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand-in-hand. It is because fear is at the basis of those two things. In this world we can now begin a little to understand things, and a little to master them by the help of science, which has forced its way step by step against the Christian religion, against the churches, and against the opposition of all the old precepts.”

Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

“True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward the mystery of God. Idolatry is religion pretending that it has all the answers.”

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Author:John Shelby Spong

“Everywhere religion has gone it has created disunity.”

Religion Gone Disunity

Book:Conversations with God, Book 2: Living in the World with Honesty, Courage, and Love (Anniv)

Source: Conversations with God, Book 2: Living in the World with Honesty, Courage, and Love (Anniv)

“Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.”

People Thinking Religion Worship Word Of God Idols

Book:The essence of Alan Watts

Source: The essence of Alan Watts

“In the White House, you can be on the pitcher's mound or you can be in the catcher's position. Put points on the board. Show people you can govern. Deliver on what you said you were going to deliver on.”

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Author:Rahm Emanuel

“We have lobbed verses of Scripture, like hand grenades, into the camps of others, convinced we only have truth.”

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Author:George Carey

“In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it's most sacred teachings - preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.”

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Author:Hillary Clinton

“The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.”

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Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“In Constantinople, more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in the years 342-343 than by all the persecutions by pagans in the history of Rome.”

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Author:Will Durant