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Harold Bloom on Immortality

Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom

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When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the prophet, seer and revelator Joseph Smith.

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The American Religion, page 129, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992

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