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After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religio

After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, Id think, how awful. – Karen Armstrong

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Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith – even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. – Karen Armstrong

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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem. – Karen Armstrong

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Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. – Karen Armstrong

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I have my own religion. Im sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish. – Tom T. Hall

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Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion! – Thomas Huxley

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There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God. – Elizabeth I

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Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I dont need. – Bill Maher

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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. – Calvin Coolidge

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