"Because religious training means credulity training, churches should……" — Barbara G. Walker
"Because religious training means credulity training, churches should not be surprised to find that so many of their congregations accept astrology as readily as theology, or a channeled Atlantean priest as readily as a biblical prophet."
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6 Quotes by Barbara G. Walker
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The very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history's most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms,…
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Faith in God necessarily implies a lack of faith in humanity.
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...the history of early-medieval Arabia is nearly all legend. Like Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and other founders of patriarchal religions, Mohammed…
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In the beginning, in the time that was no time, nothing existed but the Womb. And the Womb was a…
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Male genitals are still called "the tree of life" by the Arabs, and a cross was one of the oldest…
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