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“Moreover it is one of the greatest curses of religion that it takes only the very slightest twist of a knife tip in the cloth of a shirt to turn neighbours who have loved each other into bitter enemies.”
― Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings

tags: religious-extremism

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“Modern materialists and religious extremists alike lack the spiritual animistic reverence for non-human beings that every culture once understood as a given.”
― Zeena Schreck, Beatdom #11: The Nature Issue

tags: animals, animism, beatdom, environmentalism, materialism-versus-spiritualism, religious-extremism, spirituality

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“All this talk about morality, chastity, prudence and the like are very antiquated notions created by some very old belief systems that are notoriously negative towards women.”
― Roberto Hogue, Real Secrets of Sex: A Women's Guide on How to Be Good in Bed

tags: chastity, morality, mysogynistic, mysogyny, prudence, religion, religious-abuse, religious-extremism, sex, sexual-repression, sexual-tension

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“Isn't it time we asked ourselves, are we willing to accept any behavior codified within religious or cultural practice? Is there no line to be drawn? If honor killings are okay, then why not virgin sacrifices or cannibalism or sex with children outside the church? We have perversely taken our notion of tolerance to such extremes that we've become tolerant of intolerance.”
― Bill Maher, When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism

tags: culture, intolerance, religion, religious-extremism, tolerance

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“The no-booze rule is one of several shams perpetuated by certain religious groups, presumably to keep their flocks in line. After all, what’s a shepherd to do with drunk sheep?
So take your medicine, but leave the booze on the shelf. We have a label to keep, and it’s not Jack Daniels. Don’t mourn for me. Just tell me what to do rather than teach me what to be. Slam another pill, pop that one last sedative…you’ll find me in the kitchen, washing my glass.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

tags: booze, drinking, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, religious-extremism

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