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Because most religions theoretically turn people towards a power holier than themselves, however high or low their concept of that power may be, there is no ground for intolerance, fanaticism, or persecution. But because these things do exist, we must ascribe their origin to the human faults of upholders of religion and to the sectarian ambition or selfish aims of its organizations. Such an atmosphere is suffocating to would-be philosophers, with their pursuit of calm, their attitude of goodwill, and their doctrine of evolutionary levels. They are perfectly willing to let others follow their own way of worship, so long as it is not morally destructive or utterly evil.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 6 : Philosophy and Religion > # 94