So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.
Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion.
Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.
Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.
For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.
The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.
Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.
It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body that produced them.
It is very important that football can see beyond religion but FIFA does not just ignore its impact.