Quote by Charles Eastman
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. – Charles Eastman

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The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe. – Charles Eastman

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That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity. – Charles Eastman

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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. – David Herbert Lawrence

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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. – Thomas Paine

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Teach us to give and not to count the cost. – Saint Ignatius

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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. – Richard Dawkins

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