Are you yourself a Christian?”
The young man made a negative sign. "The concepts of religion baffle me.”
"This inscrutability is perhaps not unintentional,” said the ex-priest. "It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges or, at very worst, swindlers and tricksters. (Jack Vance)

Are you yourself a Christian?” The young man made a negative sign. "The concepts of religion baffle me.” "This inscrutability is perhaps not unintentional,” said the ex-priest. "It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges or, at very worst, swindlers and tricksters.

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