Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith…

Jodi Picoult
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Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith. You said that the purpose of religion was to bring people together. But does it, really? Or does it-knowingly, purposefully, and intentionally--break them apart? ✨ Jodi Picoult (2008). Change of Heart: A Novel, p.265, Simon and Schuster
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