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# Philip Clayton

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##  Quotes by Philip Clayton

> [There is something new in the air. There is, there is a - a hunger for an open, non-dogmatic, form of Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-clayton/there-is-something-new-in-the-air-there-is-there-is-a-a-hunger-for-an/)

[Philip Clayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-clayton/)

[Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/)

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> [Open theists affirm the same openness of the future that religious believers assume when they pray and almost all humans assume when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-clayton/open-theists-affirm-the-same-openness-of-the-future-that-religious/)

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> [I always thought that the way to believe more deeply was to surround myself with other Christians. After all, isn't that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-clayton/i-always-thought-that-the-way-to-believe-more-deeply-was-to-surround/)

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