This is where some of the worst atrocities of religion have come from. Because people have used [it] - to give a sacred seal of a divine approval to some of their most worst hatreds, loathings, and fears. (Karen Armstrong)

This is where some of the worst atrocities of religion have come from. Because people have used [it] - to give a sacred seal of a divine approval to some of their most worst hatreds, loathings, and fears.

Karen Armstrong

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