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Wiki MarkupI have written that "'\[t\]he true religion'... could be defined as the primary form of culture whose explicit declaration of how human existence as such is constituted (1) agrees with how human existence is in fact constituted; and (2) is free of any claim to be constitutive of human existence as distinct from explicitly declaring its constitution" (Notebooks, n. d.; rev. 3 September 2003).  \\ 

It's clear upon reflection, however, that the second of the conditions I stipulated is already implied by the first. If a religion's explicit declaration of how human existence as such is constituted really does agree with how human existence in fact is constituted; and if human existence in fact is constituted solely by strictly ultimate reality, then the religion, not being either strictly ultimate reality or an essential aspect thereof, is eo ipso free of any claim to constitutive, as distinct from declarative, significance for human existence. 

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