Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Mao's China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. Azar Nafisi on religion
All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs. Richard Le Gallienne on religion
The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct. Richard Le Gallienne on religion
The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes. James Randi on religion
You think that religion is a thing that is there to help you and to see you through life, and then you wake up one morning and find the entire Irish situation, the civil war that's based on religion. Midge Ure on religion
Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion. Cliff Stearns on religion
The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments. Cliff Stearns on religion
Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people either believe or they don't believe. Dennis Potter on religion
Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion. John Cale on religion
We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads in something in a substance or a drink or an idea or a religion which will comfort them and make life exciting. Tom Baker on religion
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible. Mark Hopkins on religion
It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life. Godfrey Reggio on religion
Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion. Roy Moore on religion
I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need. Anne McCaffrey on religion
The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. Ernest Istook on religion
Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion. Ernest Istook on religion
Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God. Victoria Jackson on religion
Islam is a peaceful religion. Youssou N'Dour on religion
I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me. Youssou N'Dour on religion
I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal. Youssou N'Dour on religion