If someone required a religion pure enough to never be corrupted and never compromise with power to believe in it, they would require the religion to be quickly exterminated, making belief impossible.

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Ross Douthat

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Well, I don't think I'm saying a religion good enough to join could not exist in the earth...you're ending up saying that a religion good enough to join could not exist on the earth. Well, I don't think I'm saying a religion good enough to join could not exist in the earth...the only religion that would be worthy of God is one that would be exterminated within like 50 years of its founding

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Ross Douthat on Trump, Mysticism and Psychedelics | The Ezra Klein ShowThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:54:49 AM

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