Blood Quote by Noah Levine

Religion has gotten a bad rap for good reasons. Often, there are a lot of people - women, LBGT, and others - you know,…

— Van Jones

“The established religions no longer ask fundamental questions about our identity and our reason for living. Instead, they concentrate purely on a series of…

— Paulo Coelho

“Religious beliefs are culture bound…land overwhelmed by poverty, overcrowding, starvation, disease, class oppression and lack of any hope for a better future were what…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“And so religions, to a large extent, became divisive rather than unifying forces. Instead of bringing about an ending of violence and hatred through…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Traditional religious beliefs have been eroded, not so much by humiliating disproofs of their mythologies as by the growing awareness that beliefs are really…

— Edward O. Wilson

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.

— Peter Ustinov

True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been consistently less violent and more humane…

— Aldous Huxley

“Religious repression is the denial of the very essence of what it means to be human.”

— Timothy Shah

Religion, throughout the years, has become a very oppressive thing that doesn't allow people to get to know the God it was created to…

— Kirk Franklin

“The Buddha isn’t a god or deity to be worshipped. He was a rebel and an overthrower, the destroyer of ignorance, the great physician…

— Noah Levine

“Nowhere in the definition of Religion is there a mandate for religions to self-challenge or revamp their theological positions based on new enlightenment. Rather,…

— Brian Goedken