How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer but art is very self-referential whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.
When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.
For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.
The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents but grow out of the very essence of religion namely its absolute claims.
I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
In science a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity whereas in religion having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.
I think the church and the religion right now have a lot more to be worried about than SLAYER.
True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion.