"I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.“


-Peter Jennings

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I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

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