“Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refusing to kill, or for being merciful, or for seeking peace; only the profoundest ignorance of history could prevent one from recognizing this. For the truth is that religion and irreligion are cultural variables, but killing is a human constant.” HumansDoeReasonReligiousPowerfulIgnoranceTruth IsConstantKillingSeekingConvictionSoleCompellingRecognizingMercifulBeing MeVariablesCompelling ReasonIrreligion Author:David Bentley
“Many humanists in the West are stirred by a sense of outrage at what professed Christians, past and present, have done; and this makes them see their humanism as a kind of crusade, with the killing of Christianity as its prime goal.” KindDoneChristianPastGoalReligiousChristianityWestKillingHumanismPrimeOutrageCrusadesPast And Present Author:J. I. Packer
“The cruelest form of death, I have no doubt, is not physical death. Rather it is that public death which comes from the killing of ideas about God.” IdeasChristianFormReligiousDoubtKillingNo Doubt Author:James V. Schall
“The religions of the world are luminous in their individuality, and they have valuable social and soulmaking functions. Surely someday we will quit killing each other over their different strategies.” WorldDifferentReligionSocialReligiousFunctionStrategyKillingIndividualityValuableQuittingSomedayLuminousKilling Each Other Book:The Essential Rumi - reissue: New Expanded Edition Source: The Essential Rumi - reissue: New Expanded Edition
“Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. Very few heated arguments, for that matter. Whereas, in Northern Ireland, they are killing one another over religion.” WayWellsIdeasWarMatterDoneEvilDifficultReligiousTheoryArgumentKillingIrelandRelativityNorthern IrelandTheories Of Relativity Author:Quentin Crisp