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Jesus was not the man he was as a result of making Jesus Christ his personal savior.

Alan Watts

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Alan Watts
Age: 58 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 6
Died: 1973
Died: November 16
Anglican Priest
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Dramaturge
Musician
Philosopher
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Kent
England
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Atheism

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