With no evident awareness of the contradiction [the secular] may, in the same breath, gruffly dismiss a belief in angels while sincerely trusting that the combined powers of the IMF, the medical research establishment, Silicon Valley and democratic politics... #AlaindeBotton

- March 14, 2025

With no evident awareness of the contradiction [the secular] may, in the same breath, gruffly dismiss a belief in angels while sincerely trusting that the combined powers of the IMF, the medical research establishment, Silicon Valley and democratic politics... #AlaindeBotton
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With no evident awareness of the contradiction [the secular] may, in the same breath, gruffly dismiss a belief in angels while sincerely trusting that the combined powers of the IMF, the medical research establishment, Silicon Valley and democratic politics... #AlaindeBotton

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