Religion
- James Thompson (martyr) (died 1582), Catholic priest hanged under Elizabeth I
- Jim Thompson (bishop) (1936–2003), Anglican bishop of Stepney and Bath and Wells
- James Denton Thompson (1856–1924), Bishop of Sodor and Man
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“The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
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—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“Magic is the envelopment and coercion of the objective world by the ego; it is a dynamic subjectivism. Religion is the coercion of the ego by gods and spirits who are objectively conceived beings in control of nature and man.”
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