"Sanity -- that is the great virtue of the ancient literature; the want of that is the great defect of the modern, in spite of its variety and power."

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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews. They're making incompatible claims on real estate in the Middle East as though God were some kind of omniscient real estate broker parsing out parcels of land to his chosen flock. People are literally dying over ancient literature.

— Sam Harris