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It is doubtless true that religion has been the world's psychiatrist throughout the centuries.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker states, with confidence, that religion has served as humanity's psychiatrist across the centuries. The comparison credits faith with the work of easing troubled minds, offering comfort, guidance and a place to bring distress, and suggests that mental healing long predates the modern profession.
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