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Alan Watts

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.

Alan Watts

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Alan Watts is saying that when someone becomes extreme and rigid about religious beliefs, they lose the true essence of faith. Instead of trusting or being open to deeper understanding, they become trapped by fixed ideas about God and the universe.

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