No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parabl…

Richard Dawkins
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No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parables, help a bit. But by far the most important variable determining your religion is the accident of birth. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2004). A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love, p.143, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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