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“It has become indispensable for us to rationally understand how and why a religious myth can carry truth. Without this understanding, the myth is dismissed by the intellect - bouncer of the heart - thereby losing its colors and becoming irrelevant to us.”

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Book:More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief

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