"The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible."

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The theme of religion is universal, yet Alan Watts manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on religion often shapes our reality.

About Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.

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"Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them."

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