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جدارة الرسالات السامية تقاس عادة بما تحققه من سعادة للبشر تتمثل أول ما تتمثل في الأخذ بيد المضطهدين ↗

— نجيب محفوظ

#humanity #oppression #religion #religion

But…but you can’t treat religion as a sort of buffet, can you? I mean, you can’t say yes please, I’ll have some of the Celestial Paradise and a helping of the Divine Plan but go easy on the kneeling and none of the Prohibition of Images, they give me wind. Its table d´hôte or nothing, otherwise…well, it would be silly. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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The most important question I ever asked a priest was where are the Bingo Dobbers at? ↗

— Stabley Victor Paskavich

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Maybe we should Create a 'Happy God Day' and make it the one day of the year you can't kill each other. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

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Le religioni, tutte le religioni, per quanto le si rigiri, non hanno altra giustificazione di esistere all'infuori della morte. ↗

— José Saramago

#religione #religion

It is hard for a free fish to understand what is happening to a hooked one. ↗

— Karl A. Menninger

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A cult is a religion with no political power. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#political #political power #power #religion

Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#organized-religion #paradox #religion #religion

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. ↗

— George Carlin

#politics #religion #religion