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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

Religion

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Alan Watts is saying that when someone becomes overly rigid and obsessed with fixed beliefs about God and the universe, they lose the true essence of faith. Instead of openness and trust, their strict attachment to specific ideas actually blocks genuine spiritual understanding.

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