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title: "4 Secular Age Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-carter/in-a-secular-age-an-authentic-miracle-must-purport-to-be-a-hoax-in/)

[Angela Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-carter/)

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> [The fact that institutional churches have gone into decline doesn't mean that we're going to enter some purely secular age. Secular people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-douthat/the-fact-that-institutional-churches-have-gone-into-decline-doesn-t/)

[Ross Douthat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-douthat/)

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> [The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/the-job-of-the-architect-becomes-more-difficult-in-this-secular-age/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [“A historic transition is occurring, barely noticed. Slowly, quietly, imperceptibly, religion is shriveling in America, as it has done in Europe, Canada,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-haught/a-historic-transition-is-occurring-barely-noticed-slowly-quietly/)

[James A. Haught](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-haught/)

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