I Used To Hate Religion, I Loathed

We Are Opinionated Society. We're Very Happy To Spout Forth Our Own Views; We're Not Good About Listening. We Have To Listen To Other's Stories. Learn To Listen To The Stories Of The Terrorists Just As We Hope That They Will Listen To Ours Because Very Often These Narratives Express Frustrations, Fears, And Anxieties That Most Societies Can Safely Ignore.

The Trouble With A Lot Of Modern Theology And A Lot Of Modern Thinking About God, Is That We Think Of God A Sort Of Being Like Ourselves, But Bigger And Better With Likes And Dislikes Similar To Our Own.

Now I Think One Of The Reasons Why Religion Developed In The Way That It Did Over The Centuries Was Precisely To Curb This Murderous Bent That We Have As Human Beings.

Mythology And Science Both Extend The Scope Of Human Beings. Like Science And Technology, Mythology, As We Shall See, Is Not About Opting Out Of This World, But About Enabling Us To Live More Intensely Within It.

After I Left The Convent, For 15 Years I Was Worn Out With Religion, I Wanted Nothing Whatever To Do With It. I Felt Disgusted With It. If I Saw Someone Reading A Religious Book On A Train, I'd Think, How Awful.