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There are two chief justifications for the existence of a religion: (a) its influence upon the character and actions of people for the better; (b) its dim intimation of world meaning. But when a religion fails to prevent wickedness or to convince men that their existence has a higher purpose, it deserves to decline--and does.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 4 : Problems of Organized Religion > # 53