#religions

Yes, a general principle that comes out of research behind Good to Eat is that there are no world religions that have acted to decrease the potential for the nutritional well-being of their followers. ↗

— Marvin Harris

#behind #comes #decrease #eat #followers

Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#believe #bring #buddhists #build #christians

While few religious leaders and scholars would doubt the commonalities that exist among the various religious groups, the followers of these religions unfortunately struggle in their effort to peacefully coexist. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#coexist #doubt #effort #exist #few

Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#against #basic #beliefs #each #easily

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion. ↗

— Juliana Hatfield

#going #hiding #long #people #religion

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#earlier #expressed #individual #many #miracles

Humankind made these religions; that our brains are capable of doing that is neither something to take too seriously — because we also make poop, and we learned to flush that the fuck down the toilet — but it's also not something to totally disregard. ↗

— Dan Harmon

#brains #humankind #religion #religions #religion

All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way. ↗

— Epictetus

#every man #get #heaven #his #man