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It is enough to say that, while the Church as an institution continues to exist, the belief in the supernatural and even in the spiritual has been supplanted in the souls of millions of men by a gross and debasing materialism.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Beck argues that materialism has replaced spiritual beliefs for many people.

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