Religions grow out of the deepest needs of individuals sharing a common awakening, and are not created by "engineers of the soul." - Daniel Bell

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Religions grow out of the deepest needs of individuals sharing a common awakening, and are not created by "engineers of the soul."

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Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his seminal contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era.

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Gadgets can be engineered, programs can be designed, institutions can be built, but belief has an organic quality, and it cannot be called into being by fiat. Once a faith is shattered, it takes a long time to grow again - for its soil is experience - and to become effective again.
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