“I began my previous Beliefnet column with the line, "Throughout history, religion has been the single greatest source of human-caused wars, suffering, and misery. In the name of God, more suffering has been inflicted than by any other manmade cause." I was, of course, using the word "religion" in its sociological meaning, as any belief invested with "ultimate concern," in which case not only Islam, Christianity, and Shintoism are religions, but Marxism, Nazism, and Eco-terrorism are all versions of religions or religiously held beliefs. Seen as such, the opening sentence is obviously true.”

—  Ken Wilber

Which Level of God Do You Believe In? (2004)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I began my previous Beliefnet column with the line, "Throughout history, religion has been the single greatest source o…" by Ken Wilber?
Ken Wilber photo
Ken Wilber 57
American writer and public speaker 1949

Related quotes

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar photo
John Danforth photo
John Henry Newman photo
Fidel Castro photo

“Marxism-Leninism is the denial of the exploitation of man by man, that has been precisely the source of crimes, wars, oppressions and calamities that humanity has suffered over millennia.”

Fidel Castro (1926–2016) former First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba

Speech (26 July 1972) http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/discursos/1972/esp/f260772e.html

Gore Vidal photo
Ayn Rand photo
Hazrat Inayat Khan photo
Nick Cave photo

Related topics