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Quotation: 'God has been replaced, as he has all over the West...'



 
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Quotation: 'God has been replaced, as he has all over the West...' Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:45 am  Quotation: 'God has been replaced, as he has all over the West...'
 

Hi

Could you please explain to me the meaning of the following?

God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air-conditioning.'

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Quotation: 'God has been replaced, as he has all over the West...' Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:05 pm  Quotation: 'God has been replaced, as he has all over the West...'
 

Tom wrote:
Could you please explain to me the meaning of the following?

God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air-conditioning.'

This means that people are more interested in, and motivated by their consumer comforts than by religion.
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