Quote by Lionel Blue
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion.

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. – Lionel Blue

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Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again. – Lionel Blue

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Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life. – Lionel Blue

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The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians. – Lionel Blue

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I love it when the left and when the president say, Dont try to impose your values on us, you folks who hold your Bibles in your hand and cling to your guns. They have values too. Our values are based on religion, based on life. Their values are based on a religion of self. – Rick Santorum

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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds… is not productive. – E. O. Wilson

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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem. – Karen Armstrong

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In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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