Religion may be compared to a banana. The real heart religion
is the juicy pulp; the forms and ceremonies are the skin. While
the two are united and undivided the banana keeps good until it
is used. And so it is with religion. Separate the forms from the
spirit, and the one will be of no more value than the banana
husk, while the latter will speedily decay and become corrupt,
apart from the outward expression.--ARTHUR T. PIERSON.
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