Most Of The Book Deals With Things

The Notion That Western Religions Are More Rigid Than Those Of Asia Is Overdrawn. Ours Is The Most Permissive Society History Has Ever Known - Almost The Only Thing That Is Forbidden Now Is To Forbid - And Asian Teachers And Their Progeny Play Up To This Propensity By Soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's Rules.

I Think It Matters Almost Infinitely That We Practice One Of The Authentic Religions. But If You Mean Does It Make Any Difference Which. The Answer Is No, As Long As Each Is Followed With Equal Intensity, Sincerity, Dedication.

I Grew Up Taking It For Granted That Missionaries Were What American Boys Grew Up To Be.

One Reason Education Undoes Belief Is Its Teaching Of Evolution; Darwin's Own Drift From Orthodoxy To Agnosticism Was Symptomatic. Martin Lings Is Probably Right In Saying That More Cases Of Loss Of Religious Faith Are To Be Traced To The Theory Of Evolution ... Than To Anything Else.

...the Single Destination Of Sanctity Could Admit Of So Many Different Avenues Leading To It.