These people are prisoners of conscience, imprisoned solely on account of their non-violent opinions and activities.
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Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.
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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.
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