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The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a fetish.

James Luther Adams

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James Luther Adams
Age: 92 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 12
Died: 1994
Died: July 26
Theologian
Ritzville
Washington
Persons
Unexamined
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Fetish
Live
Idol
Made
Idols
Worship
Free
Faith
Doe
Whittled

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