Quote by Annie Dillard

It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution.

It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize

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This quote highlights the irony in our self-consciousness, which religions acknowledge as a barrier between ourselves and our creator. Paradoxically, this self-awareness also serves to distance us from other living beings. This division can be interpreted as a bitter outcome of evolution.

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