Salman RushdieAll true believers have good reasons for disbelieving in every god except their own, ' said Birbal, 'and so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.
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A well-meaning friend once told me that “all true believers have good reasons for disbelieving in every god except their own.” They could disprove all the other religions, he said, but they never bother to examine their own beliefs. He was right about that, but it wasn’t really his point. He meant that every religion is 100% correct. It’s just that all the other religions are wrong—and religion is a human invention, after all.
Source: The Enchantress Of Florence
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