Religiosity Turns Out To Be The Best

Religion Creates Community, Community Creates Altruism And Altruism Turns Us Away From Self And Towards The Common Good... There Is Something About The Tenor Of Relationships Within A Religious Community That Makes It The Best Tutorial In Citizenship And Good Neighborliness.

There Are Hard Texts In Each Tradition Which We Must Confront And Ask Ourselves, 'can We Reinterpret Those Texts To Allow Us To Live Peaceably, And Respectfully, With People Of Other Faiths?' That Is A Job Only Jews Can Do For Judaism, Only Christians Can Do For Christianity, And Only Muslims Can Do For Islam. But Sometimes The Sight Of Someone In One Faith Wrestling With That Faith Can Empower You To Wrestle With Another Faith.

When Money Rules, We Remember The Price Of Things And Forget The Value Of Things, And That Is Dangerous.

No Great Achiever - Even Those Who Made It Seem Easy - Ever Succeeded Without Hard Work.

Freedom Is Not Won By Merely Overthrowing A Tyrannical Ruler Or An Oppressive Regime. That Is Usually Only The Prelude To A New Tyranny, A New Oppression.