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> [Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion (in the true sense of the word: 'binding back', 'binding' to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-richter/art-is-not-a-substitute-religion-it-is-a-religion-in-the-true-sense/)

[Gerhard Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-richter/)

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> [“Everyone wishes to be saved, but few will use those means which religion prescribes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-ab-lard/everyone-wishes-to-be-saved-but-few-will-use-those-means-which/)

[Pierre Abélard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-ab-lard/)

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> [Spiritual means religion without any rules. It's all the comfort of fictitious friends with none of their demands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/spiritual-means-religion-without-any-rules-it-s-all-the-comfort-of/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

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> [“This realization is the first of many awakenings that have shaped my understanding of what religion means: Religion is our human response…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-buehrens/this-realization-is-the-first-of-many-awakenings-that-have-shaped-my/)

[John Buehrens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-buehrens/)

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> [“Religionists want religion's placement on the pedestal of respect preserved by any means. But religion deserves no respect. Rather, it has earned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-silverman/religionists-want-religion-s-placement-on-the-pedestal-of-respect/)

[David Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-silverman/)

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