"There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults."
― Emily Greene Balch
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― Emily Greene Balch
More From Emily Greene Balch
- "Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance – the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest."
- "Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith."
- "Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question."
More In Religion
- "Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood."― Moses Mendelssohn
- "I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions."― Karen Armstrong
- "What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"― Abu Bakar Bashir