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1 " Most world religions denounced war as a barbaric waste of human life. We treasured the teachings of these religions so dearly that we frequently had to wage war in order to impose them on other people. "
― Jon Stewart
2 " Vin paused. " And you have all of these religions memorized?" " As much as is possible," Sazed said. " Their prayers, their beliefs, their mythologies. Many are very similar -- break-offs or sects of one another." " Even still, how can you remember all of that?" " I have...methods," Sazed said." But, what's the point?" Sazed frowned. " The answer should be obvious, I think. People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so--therefore--are their beliefs. "
3 " Let's say that the God the Christians pray to is real. He actually exists. But this God is the same as the one that the Jews pray to and the same as the one that the Muslims pray to and whatever other religions are praying to a God, He is the one. One God with many faces. Most of these religions contain the myth of the Anti-Christ, a being who will come one day and lead the world astray, lead the world to a place of sin and evil. Who could this Anti-Christ be...Consider the God with many faces. How many wars have been fought in His Name? How many people have been beaten, jailed, and maimed to prove His points. Think of the Inquisition, the Holocaust, Salem, and the Sudan. All of these tragedies carried out in His name. Why is it accepted that He is a force for good? If we were to look for the Anti-Christ just by his accomplishments, wouldn't we clearly suspect the being who is the cause of so much woe? "
4 " A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society. "
