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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil.

The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.

In reality, many people let go of religion later in life.

You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.