Quote by Karen Armstrong
Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way t

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. – Karen Armstrong

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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it. – Karen Armstrong

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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isnt necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept. – Karen Armstrong

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Every fundamentalist movement Ive studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion. – Karen Armstrong

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The womens movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind. – Carol P. Christ

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I have never made fun of religion. Religion is something I dont even want to mess with, because I am really afraid of the clouds opening up and my being struck by lightning. – Alice Cooper

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Religion is a mixed blessing. – John Shelby Spong

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People still kill in the name of religion. We havent evolved to the point where were one tribe called humans. – Rachel Weisz

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