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> [If religion is about truth, why is it so afraid of error?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/if-religion-is-about-truth-why-is-it-so-afraid-of-error/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

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## More by Andrew Sullivan

> [True belief is not about blind submission. It is about open-eyed acceptance, and acceptance requires persistent distance from the truth, and that distance is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/true-belief-is-not-about-blind-submission-it-is-about-open-eyed/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [I'm gay. I always have been and I always will be, and I'm happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/i-m-gay-i-always-have-been-and-i-always-will-be-and-i-m-happy/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [What modernity requires is not that you cease living according to your faith, but that you accept that others may differ and that therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/what-modernity-requires-is-not-that-you-cease-living-according-to/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/although-i-never-publicly-defended-promiscuity-i-never-publicly/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [The day of reckoning is not just coming for Saddam Hussein. It's coming for the anti-war movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/the-day-of-reckoning-is-not-just-coming-for-saddam-hussein-it-s/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [For me, friendship has always been the most accessible of relationships - certainly far more so than romantic love. Friendship, I learned, provided a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/for-me-friendship-has-always-been-the-most-accessible-of/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/the-first-person-i-came-out-to-was-god-and-the-first-conversation-i/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [If religion is about truth, why is it so afraid of error?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/if-religion-is-about-truth-why-is-it-so-afraid-of-error/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [“Even if it's deep unhappiness, it's your unhappiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/even-if-it-s-deep-unhappiness-it-s-your-unhappiness/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/monsters-remain-human-beings-in-fact-to-reduce-them-to-a-subhuman/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/well-in-the-past-the-size-of-government-was-one-of-the-more/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [I've never been a partisan, I've never been a Republican, I've never been a Democrat, ever, which is why I was very frustrated being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/i-ve-never-been-a-partisan-i-ve-never-been-a-republican-i-ve-never/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [I think essentially corrupting institutions in Washington are turning conservatism into something that is really very creepy, but also emotionally and psychically powerful for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/i-think-essentially-corrupting-institutions-in-washington-are-turning/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

> [I believe that there are moments in sex that are so awesome that they actually reflect God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/i-believe-that-there-are-moments-in-sex-that-are-so-awesome-that-they/)

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> [Every generation is born into, for the most part, a heterosexual family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sullivan/every-generation-is-born-into-for-the-most-part-a-heterosexual-family/)

[Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sullivan/)

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