Great Throughts Treasury

"Many prophets of the major religions were themselves remarkably open-minded. Jesus Christ surrounded himself with society's outcasts. Often it has been the followers of the prophets who, to consolidate power, honed the sharp sword of intolerance."

"Millions of innocent people have been slaughtered in the name of a compassionate god or God, or killed "for Christ" or "for Allah." No religion is without blood on its altar."

"The historical record of religions on tolerance is drenched in the blood of intolerance."