“Spiritual people are often persecuted because of their beliefs. Christians were fed to the lions. Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps. Various forms of persecution still exist today throughout the world.” PeopleWorldStillsTodayChristianSpiritualFormHumanityBeliefBuddhismJewVariousConcentrationFedsLionsCampsPersecutionPersecutedConcentration Camp Author:Frederick Lenz
“Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devises paradise fictions to provide succor and support... In acts of supreme self-deception, at various times and in various places he has been willing to profess belief in the most incredible myths because of what they have promised him.” Has BeensSelfBeliefReligiousFictionSupportAtheismWillingWorshipIncrediblesVariousPositive AtheismMythSupremeSymbolsDeceptionParadiseSelf DeceptionDissolutionFinality Author:Paul Kurtz
“So many visitors came to rub and kiss different parts of him for the fulfillment of their various wishes that his entire body had to be rebronzed every month. He was a changing god, destroyed and recreated by his believers, destroyed and recreated by their belief... Those who prayed came to believe less and less in the god of their creation and more and more in their belief.” BelieveDifferentBodyBeliefWishCreationMonthsKissingVariousBelieverDestroyedFulfillmentVisitors Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“In general, religious people seem to be happier than non-religious people - under various definitions of "religiosity," such as church attendance or professed spiritual beliefs.” PeopleSeemsSpiritualBeliefChurchReligiousDefinitionsVariousAttendanceNon ReligiousSpiritual BeliefsChurch Attendance Author:Gretchen Rubin