Quote by Charles Eastman
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church. – Charles Eastman

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The first missionaries, good men imbued with the narrowness of their age, branded us as pagans and devil-worshipers, and demanded of us that we abjure our false gods before bowing the knee at their sacred altar. – Charles Eastman

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There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy. – Charles Eastman

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In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees. – Charles Eastman

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Nowhere is there an account or portrait of Christ laughing… he is always stern, serious and as gloomy as a prison guard. Never does one see him laughing until tears appear in his eyes like the roly-poly squint-eyed Buddha guffawing with arms upraised. – Author Unknown

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My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion. – Bill Keller

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A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. – James Feibleman, Understanding Philosophy, 1973

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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

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