Religions grow out of the deepest needs of individuals sharing a common awakening, and are not created by "engineers of the soul." (Daniel Bell)

Religions grow out of the deepest needs of individuals sharing a common awakening, and are not created by "engineers of the soul."

Daniel Bell

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