Quote by Huston Smith
First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is poli

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat. – Huston Smith

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It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations. – Huston Smith

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Religion
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Ive spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the worlds religions, and Ive done my homework. Ive gone to each of the worlds eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and Ive apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. – Huston Smith

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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands. – Immanuel Kant

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Communism was meant to be an alternative religion. – David Miliband

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Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men and his religion… was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society. – William Robertson Smith

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The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didnt want. – Harry Browne

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