“It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.”
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I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.
The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who have not found in institutional religion a God big enough to be God for their world.
You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a world that doesn't create terrorists - and that means a whole different way of 'getting along.'
Religion is a mixed blessing.