Quote by Karen Armstrong
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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Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in tune and reflect accurately the realities of the world around us. – Karen Armstrong

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Science
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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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Home
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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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I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it. – Ken Follet

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As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose. – Bhagavad Gita

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Religion

The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. – Ernest Istook

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Religion

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice. – Mason Cooley

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