Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin on Religion, Truth, and Shared Quest

„Probably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are discovering ways of conversing about the great mysteries. The pretense to know all the answers to the deepest mysteries is, of course, the grossest fraud. And any people who declare a Jihad, a holy war on unbelievers - those who do not share their believers' pretended omniscience - are enemies of thinking men and woman and of civilization. I see religion as only a way of asking unanswerable questions, of sharing the joy of a community of quest, and solacing one another in our ignorance.“

Daniel J. BoorstinDaniel J. Boorstin reflects on religion as communal questioning and criticizes religious dogmatism and violence.
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Daniel J. Boorstin was an American historian, writer, and former Librarian of Congress.

A philosophical view of religion as a quest for truth and community, critically addressing dogmatic claims and religious violence.


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Daniel Joseph Boorstin (1914–2004) was an American historian and writer. He taught law at the University of Chicago for 25 years and later served as director of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. From 1975 to 1987, he was Director of the Library of Congress and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969.

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