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Religious ferment signals a vigorous society; faiths harm only when they forget they are hypotheses

Drawn from what William James said

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religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What William James actually said

  1. William James American philosopher and psychologist (1842 to 1910)
    Religious fermentation is always a symptom of the intellectual vigor of a society; and it is only when they forget that they are hypotheses and put on rationalistic and authoritative pretensions, that our faiths do harm.

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