A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents. George Packer belief live adherent Change image and share on social
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. David Mamet tenet rectitude liberalism Change image and share on social
'Kol Nidrei' is probably the most important prayer in the Jewish religion. It comes on the evening of Yom Kippur. There are so many different renditions of it. Itzhak Perlman yom important nidrei Change image and share on social
The European wars of religion were more deadly than the First World War, proportionally speaking, and in the range of the Second World War in Europe. The Inquisition, the persecution of heretics and infidels and witches, they racked up pretty high death tolls. Steven Pinker persecution war world share on social
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu open pray africa Change image and share on social
Billions of people don't practice a religion at all. Richard Gere people religion practice Change image and share on social
I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. Michael Newdow ask infuse uphold Change image and share on social
The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really. Maajid Nawaz christianity base scripture Change image and share on social
There is no religion that has a monopoly on bigotry. Louis Theroux religion monopoly bigotry Change image and share on social
Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers. Zbigniew Brzezinski religion lead emotion Change image and share on social
