John Shelby Spong - All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's...

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All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.

John Shelby Spong

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Jede Religion scheint zu beweisen, dass es die einzige Wahrheit ist. Und hier wird es dämonisch. Denn dann kommt es zu religiösen Kriegen und Verfolgungen und brennenden Ketzern.

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