"Religions are tough. Either they make no contentions……" — Carl Sagan
"Religions are tough. Either they make no contentions which are subject to disproof or they quickly redesign doctrine after disproof. ... near the core of the religious experience is something remarkably resistant to rational inquiry."
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Carl Sagan
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