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[s]cience Has Itself Become A Kind Of Religion.
-Carl Sagan
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[s]cience Has Itself Become A Kind Of
Carl Sagan
[s]cience Has Itself Become A Kind Of Religion.
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The Bill Of Rights Decoupled Religion From The State, In Part Because So Many Religions Were Steeped In An Absolutist Frame Of Mind - Each Convinced That It Alone Had A Monopoly On The Truth And Therefore Eager For The State To Impose This Truth On Others.
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