Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.'
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Those nations that say it's a crime to preach your religion are making a terrible mistake. All they're doing is driving underground other forms of spiritual intuitions and practices.
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
In my opinion, you start messing with what this country was founded on, and our baseline is what we call it, it opens up too many - too many doors. You start messing with that, people can say religion kills people. So, let's start messing with that.
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.
Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.
Politics in America is the binding secular religion.
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice.
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.