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 I often find myself reflecting on the co-existence of rational thought and religious belief. Simply put, how is it that an intelligent person, possessed of a formidable intellect, can embrace religious belief at all? It would be easy to dismiss religion as a crutch of the weak-minded, but this is simply not accurate. How is it that this duality of the rational and the spiritual can be simultaneously maintained? I often find myself reflecting on the co-existence of rational thought and religious belief. Simply put, how is it that an intelligent person, possessed of a formidable intellect, can embrace religious belief at all? It would be easy to dismiss religion as a crutch of the weak-minded, but this is simply not accurate. How is it that this duality of the rational and the spiritual can be simultaneously maintained?
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