What+is+Religion?


 * What is religion?**

Here are some of the quotes the class finds thought-provoking:
 * Lighthouses are more helpful than churches - Benjamin Franklin
 * I considered atheism, but there weren't enough holidays - Author Unknown
 * When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, That's my religion. - Abraham Lincoln
 * This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. - The Dalai Lama
 * One man's religion is another man's belly laugh. - Robert A. Heinlein
 * Religion is the supreme art of humanity. - Abba Hillel Silver
 * Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opiate of the people. - Karl Marx