Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.

Joseph Campbell
Every religion is true one way or another. It is...
Every religion is true one way or another. It is...
Every religion is true one way or another. It is...
Every religion is true one way or another. It is...
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Many people believe that a religion is true in the way they understand it. If a religion tells a story about God creating the earth, then it must have been created by God. But this is not always the case. In many cases, a religion’s truth is true in a metaphorical sense, but when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting the metaphors as facts, then you are in trouble.

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