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Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.
Will Herberg
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Will Herberg
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: June 30
Died: 1977
Died: March 27
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