First of all the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
Religion creates community community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true by the wise as false and by the rulers as useful.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand they do less easily move against him believing that he has the gods on his side.
We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life.
Quentin and I were constantly finding something new that we had in common and comic books were one of them. I think we were talking about comic books much earlier in our relationship before I had the part.
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe they are in that conditions called war and such a war as if of every man against every man.