"Pretending that the world’s religions are the same does not make our world safer. Like all forms of ignorance, it makes our world more dangerous. What we need on this furiously religious planet is a realistic view of where religious rivals clash and where they can cooperate."

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Source : Stephen Prothero (2010). “God Is Not One”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com

Stephen Prothero

#Religious Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Our World Quotes

“Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations.”
“There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.”
“I'm a complete technophobe. I can't even email.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.
“Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.”
“Rock, meet stubborn place.”

Source : Devon Monk (2010). “Magic on the Storm: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.81, Penguin
“You can talk any redneck into a challenge. Thatâ€™s why so many rednecks die in strange ways.”
“A friend of ours, the wife of a pastor at a church in Colorado, had once told me about something her daughter, Hannah, said when she was three years old. After the morning service was over one Sunday, Hannah tugged on her mom's skirt and asked. "Mommy, why do some people in church have lights over their heads and some don't?" At the time, I remember thinking two things: First, I would've knelt down and asked Hannah, "Did I have a light over my head? Please say yes!" I also wondered what Hannah had seen, and whether she had seen it because, like my son, she had a childlike faith.”
“Question all as to their ways and learn the secrets that they hold”

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