Quotation by

Reinhold Niebuhr

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.

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When people use God to support their own political or personal beliefs, they turn religion into a tool for their own agenda. This misuse of faith is what leads to extreme and dangerous religious zealotry.

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