Authority Quote by Mark Durie

While the religious divisions in our world are self-evident, many people still imagine that religious conflict is always caused by a lack of education,…

— Sam Harris

Organized religious institutions are in for a huge transformation, for the simple reason that people have become genuinely religious in spite of them.

— Marianne Williamson

The problem with religious doctrine, as with politics, because of its ability to give people authority, it has a tendency to attract people that…

— Tobias Forge

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

— Benazir Bhutto

There is a powerful desire by majorities to assert a religious identity for the country.

— Jack Balkin

Religion is always in danger of growing apart from the people when its leaders forget to reflect carefully on their own behavior and come…

— Senora Roy

Whatever religious people may say about their love of God or the mandates of their religion, when their behavior toward others is violent and…

— Charles Kimball

Religion is a very sensitive subject and reason for wars all over the world.

— Yolanda Hadid

I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.

— Kirk Douglas

the biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.

— Diane Ackerman

Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around.

— Gore Vidal

Religion is the cause of all the problems in the world. I don’t believe in organized religion at all. It’s what separates people. One…

— Gwyneth Paltrow