" Throughout theological history we have been assured by religious leaders that if we perform certain rituals, repeat certain prayers or mantras, conform to certain patterns, suppress our desires, control our thoughts, sublimate our passions, limit our appetites and refrain from sexual indulgence, we shall, after sufficient torture of the mind and body, find something beyond this little life. " | " Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples. " | " We mechanically follow somebody who would assure us a comfortable spiritual life ...although most of us are opposed to political tyranny and dictatorship we inwardly accept the authority and tyranny of another that twists our minds and our way of life. " |