“If the believers of the present-day religions would earnestly try to think and act in the spirit of the founders of these religions then no hostility on the basis of religion would exist among the followers of the different faiths. Even the conflicts and the realm of religion would be exposed as insignificant.”
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Probable attribution
A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Statement to Christian conference (27 January 1947), p. 96, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Statement to Christian conference (27 January 1947), p. 96
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This page records the wording "If the believers of the present-day religions would earnestly try…," which centers on believers, present, religions. A concrete trail points toward Einstein, but the exact English form remains unconfirmed; the page therefore labels it as attributed to him while preserving its spirituality and philosophy context.
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