All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.

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John Shelby Spong was a 20th-century American bishop. John Shelby "Jack" Spong was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, he served as the Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, from 1979 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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