Quote by Karen Armstrong
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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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living. – Karen Armstrong

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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isnt necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept. – Karen Armstrong

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Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength. – Karen Armstrong

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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said Let us pray. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. – Desmond Tutu

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I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And Im not judgmental. And Im a vegetarian. – Erykah Badu

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It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different. – John Shelby Spong

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Havent two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You cant convert people to anything – whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks. – Kevin Smith

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