I have never really thought of myself as a writer about religion. And I think one of the things that happened to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
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I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
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Many tribal peoples consider illness to be one of the most reliable sources of revelation. Many of the practices that traditional religions… — Kat Duff Copy Share Image
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The Church is always in trouble because the Church walks into the trouble in which mankind is trying to resolve itself. There… — Dolores Hart Copy Share Image
Monotheism is the primitive religion which centers human consciousness on Hive Authority. There is One God and His Name is _______ (substitute… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
I say, of the Congress, then, this - that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
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![“Again, I hear almost everyday from atheists who write off religion as primitive, premodern nonsense. I summon Aquinas, Augustine, Paul [of Tarsus], Teresa of Avila, Joseph Ratzinger, and Edith Stein-in all their intellectual rigor-as allies in the the struggle against this dismissive atheism.” quote by Robert Barron](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/86d/robert-barron-13186_allies_again-i-hear-almost-everyday-from-atheis_35728.jpg)
![“More and more people are becoming unable to accept traditional [religious] beliefs. If they think that, apart from these beliefs, there is no reason for kindly behaviour, the results may be needlessly unfortunate. That is why it is important to show that no supernatural reasons are needed to make…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e97/bertrand-russell-69_accepting_more-and-more-people-are-becoming-unable_1214762.jpg)
![“I need just be a bayonet, a bayonet named Diving Punishment. I wish I'd been born a storm. Or a menace. Or a single grenade. No heart, no tears, just as a terrible gale'd have been good. If [by doing this] I become that, then so be it.” quote by Kouta Hirano](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/4e6/kouta-hirano-93045_god_i-need-just-be-a-bayonet-a-bayonet-named_1938861.jpg)
