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And yet, here I have asbestos gloves and I can put them in the fire just fine. This allows me to work faster and get done without waiting a day for the fire to run out of fuel.

We don't need religion to keep from getting burned when we have tools.

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And again, you don't need to have any understanding of asbestos in order for the gloves to work. You can believe that they are magic gloves from God, and they will work just as well.

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