"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma."

Religion, Christianity, Doubt, Faith

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"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma."

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