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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be a

I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. – Karen Armstrong

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Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective. – Karen Armstrong

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Imagination
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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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Religion
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Karen Armstrong
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The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith. – Karen Armstrong

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Faith
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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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I never close a door on any other religion. Most of the time, some part of it makes sense to me. I dont believe everyone has to chant just because I chant. I believe all religion is about touching something inside of yourself. – Tina Turner

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Religion

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season. – Ernest Istook

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Religion

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. – Lucretius

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The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but thats it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test. – Joan Chen

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