Quote by Salman Rushdie
Your blasphemy, Salman, cant be forgiven. To set your words agains

Your blasphemy, Salman, cant be forgiven. To set your words against the Words of God. – Salman Rushdie

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I was 21 in 1968, so Im as much a child of the 60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968. – Salman Rushdie

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Religion
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas – uncertainty, progress, change – into crimes. – Salman Rushdie

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I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same. – Edward VIII

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I dont think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity. – John Le Carre

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There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy. – Paul Rudnick

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Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy. – Salman Rushdie

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