“In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living.” WayKindMomentsHomeLeftSpeakCitiesViolenceDisciplineHolyWeaponsAngryNew WaysForbiddenInsectsPilgrimMeccaAngry Words Author:Karen Armstrong
“We can love religion as we need rituals, but The Holy Spirit is a bird, free to fly and land where it likes. We don't actually need 'religion' in order to have a relationship with The Holy Spirit. Too many wars an violence over religion.We need to see it's all the same spirit and we are part of that spirit so we shouldn't be fighting over what name we call it. It's a free bird.” NeedsWarSpiritOrderFightingNamesViolenceLandHolyBirdLikesHoly SpiritRitual Author:Sinead O'Connor
“God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence; but the world shows no indications of such a benevolent and holy Providence. This earth appears to be a hell, or at best a planet condemned -- a sort of purgatory: it is filled with violence, tyranny and injustice, and yet God, if he exist, is absolute sovereign, and has willed that things should be as they are! -- Therefore there is no God.” IfsWorldShouldSelfGodShowsEarthHellAliveViolencePlanetsHolyConsciousAll ThingsAbsolutesFilledInjusticeTyrannyProvidenceSovereignSelf ConsciousIndicationThere Is No GodBenevolentPurgatory Author:William Batchelder Greene
“As among all the doctrines of the gospel, there is none opposed with more violence and subtlety than that concerning our regeneration by the immediate, powerful, effectual operation of the Holy Spirit of grace.” SpiritPowerfulGraceViolenceHolyDoctrineOperationsHoly SpiritSubtletyRegeneration Book:The Works of John Owen Source: The Works of John Owen
“Bodies of holy men and women exude Miraculous oil, odour of violet. But under heavy loads of trampled clay Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood; Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet.” MenBodyTruthLyingViolenceBloodHolyMen And WomenLipsHeavyOilVampireWetLoadBloodyVioletClayMiraculousShroudsHoly ManHeavy Loads Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume I: The Poems: Revised Second Edition Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume I: The Poems: Revised Second Edition
“That both Muslim fundamentalists and the Christian right are today focusing their attempts to regain control in a rapidly changing world on frantic efforts to maintain control over women, particularly over women's sexuality. Moreover, given their mythologies about "holy wars," it is also understandable that they should use "divinely approved" violence to do so.” WorldShouldWarUseTodayChristianReligionGivenWomenEffortViolenceHolySexualityMythologyApprovedFranticChristian RightHoly War Author:Riane Eisler