Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.

I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.

The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

Islam is a peaceful religion.

I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.

I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.

In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science.

Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.