#religions

Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those "others". Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism; and now we are supposed to make a state out of that. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#chauvinism #complicated #country #lot #make

The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#interests #life #majority #minority #necessarily

Male circumcision has been practiced for thousands of years and is a deeply important ceremony for two major religions. ↗

— Brad Sherman

#ceremony #deeply #important #major #male

I'm not a chauvinist. I'm a universalist. I think that God imploded, like a spiritual big bang, to launch the eight civilizations that make up recorded history and the religions in those civilizations. ↗

— Huston Smith

#big #big bang #civilizations #eight #god

I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. ↗

— Huston Smith

#could #done #each #eight #faith

Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different. ↗

— Huston Smith

#essence #however #kernel #only #protective

I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts. ↗

— John Templeton

#becoming #believe #clinging #concepts #i

We've had so many lifetimes of different cultures and different religions and different points of view and different wars and different loves and different children. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#cultures #different #different cultures #different points #different religions