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Here is something I wrote for Facebook when I shared a meme I made with a quote from Richard Rohr<\/a>:<\/p>\n

One of the biggest religious divides cuts across religious traditions rather than between them. It is the difference between those who treat religion as a magnifying glass to help expose and oppose the sins of others more effectively, and those who treat it as a mirror to help one\u2019s own spiritual and moral life by fostering introspection and personal repentance and transformation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is something I wrote for Facebook when I shared a meme I made with a quote from Richard Rohr: One of the biggest religious divides cuts across religious traditions rather than between them. 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