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Although atheism appears when religion makes much more fuss over the appearance of virtue than over its reality, mysticism also appears when sufficient time has elapsed to demonstrate the intuitive barrenness of such decadent religion as well as the moral danger to its followers.
-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 4 : Problems of Organized Religion > # 44