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We Don't Properly Discriminate. We Never Discriminate Properly When We're Dealing With Another Group And One Of The Big Problems About Religion Is That Religious People Don't Know That They Are Probably As Flagrant In These Misjudgments As Irreligious People.

-Reinhold Niebuhr

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We Don't Properly Discriminate. We Never Discriminate

Reinhold Niebuhr

We Don't Properly Discriminate. We Never Discriminate Properly When We're Dealing With Another Group And One Of The Big Problems About Religion Is That Religious People Don't Know That They Are Probably As Flagrant In These Misjudgments As Irreligious People.

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