“The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been consistently less violent and more humane in political practice. Unlike early Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism (all obsessed with time) Hinduism and Buddhism have never been persecuting faiths, have preached almost no holy wars and have refrained from that proselytizing religious imperialism which has gone hand in hand with political and economic oppression of colored people.” PeopleHas BeensWarHandsPoliticalReligiousChristianityPracticeGoneEconomicEventsBuddhismHolyConcernedEternityViolentTheologyOppressionObsessedHinduismConsistentlyImperialismJudaismHumaneHand In HandHoly WarProselytizingHinduism And Buddhism Author:Aldous Huxley
“The United States, which has been called the home of the persecuted and the dispossessed, has been since its founding an asylum for emotional orphans. For over three hundred years, refugees from political oppression, religious persecution, famine, poverty, and a rigid class system which limited educational and economic opportunities have been leaving their native villages and cities and coming to the United States in search of freedom and a better life.” YearsHas BeensStatesHomePoliticalThreeOpportunityReligiousUnitedCitiesClassPovertyUnited StatesEconomicEmotionalHundredLeavingEducationalOppressionNativeVillagePersecutionFoundingRefugeeBetter LifeFamineOrphanAsylumsPersecutedClass SystemReligious PersecutionPolitical Oppression Author:Eileen Simpson