"I’m an atheist. Religion and spirituality don’t resonate with me, and historically, I believe they have more often than not contributed to unnecessary human suffering. That is my honest view.

However, I also recognize something equally important. Most people of faith or spirituality are not motivated by hate or division."

~ Oliver Kornetzke

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"They are guided by love, community, meaning, and a desire to do good. Over the past year, I have come to appreciate how many religious and spiritual people share many, if not most, of my core values and hopes for a better world."

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"The greatest threats to humanity are not ordinary people who believe in God or Buddha, or who follow Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, or any other deeply human tradition, or even those who believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster or nothing at all, like me."

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"The real danger comes from extremist movements and ideologies that weaponize belief, particularly ethnonationalist and theocratic ideologies that twist and pervert faith beyond recognition in their selfish pursuit of power.

In the United States, white Christian nationalism is one such movement."

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"If we can agree that every human being deserves safety without condition, education without debt, healthcare as a free and universal human right irrespective of where you live, the freedom to exist as one’s true self, and a fair shot at a meaningful and fulfilling life, then the world most of us dream about, the one we want our children to inherit, can be built—" (continued in /6)

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