Religious Rules Quotes

“A country which is governed by the religious rules cannot be called as a country, but just a big open prison! Where freedom of expression doesn’t exist, where freedom is just a dream, over there nothing exists, nothing but the utter ugliness of a fascist oppression!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Father raised his hands. "Gentlemen, gentlemen,please!" he interjected. "I would like to remind you there is freedom of practice in this country."
Three apoplectic faces turned to him.
"Yes! Practice--singular!" the wise men screa,ed in unison. Three index fingers, like punctuation marks, jumped to attention in the air to emphasize their point.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“First of all, a religion that irrationally restricts women's freedom is a religion that makes half the country unhappy. And if half of a society is unhappy, you cannot create a peaceful country even if you make the other half happy!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“World is full of lost lives, full of unfortunate souls ruined in the name of unreasonable religious rules!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Women who live their lives according to the suffocating religious rules created by men represent one of the saddest tragedies of the whole human history!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“People who go through hell in the Heaven of Earth are mostly the people who live their lives according to some religious rules!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“One reason that religious prohibitions will probably never disappear is that we would deeply miss the glory we bestow upon ourselves for daring to violate the rules of an illustrious illusion we have imagined was an explanation of our existence.”
― George Hammond

“Our job is to remove the chains that shackle us. The people who make you feel guilty for going against your culture, for going against your religion, all they're saying is: "Look at my chains, they are bigger than yours!”
― Vishen Lakhiani