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Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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- Joseph Campbell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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