All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake. John Shelby Spong burndemonicheretic Change image and share on social
I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu. A. R. Rahman antiartbad share on social
The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems - the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behavior and religion. John Maynard Keynes arenabackbehavior share on social
Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns. Daniel Morgan anarchycompleatdisappear Change image and share on social
Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive. Lawrence M. Krauss basisevolutionarygenerate Change image and share on social
For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the Virgin Birth, it has all too often supported an immaculate deception. Bernard Katz birthcaredeception Change image and share on social
What gets in our way is history and culture and religion and economic conditions. It is part of the hypnosis of our social conditioning. Deepak Chopra conditioncultureeconomic Change image and share on social
I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current. Recep Tayyip Erdogan arabiacurrenteconomic Change image and share on social
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. John Ruskin actionenglishincense Change image and share on social
Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it. Frans de Waal codificationfortifymorality Change image and share on social