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The synagogue at Nazareth which expelled Jesus and the synagogue at Amsterdam which expelled Spinoza--are these not symbols of the failure of official religion to raise itself above its own selfishness and take up its true mission? Are they not reminders of its inner bankruptcy?

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 5 : Comments On Specific Religions > # 141