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Is it really true that religion makes people more kindly, generous, or loving? History tends to disprove this. The worst wars, the most vicious Inquisitions, the cruelest pogroms and persecutions, were both fomented and supported by religion.


Barbara G. Walker

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PAUL WALKER Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a sec...
MARGARET WALKER Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, ...
ALICE WALKER I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to wat...
DREAMA WALKER The par putts sometimes are bigger than the birdie putts.
JIMMY WALKER When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.
MARGARET WALKER I'm not lesbian; I'm not bisexual; I'm not straight. I'm just curious.
ALICE WALKER I normally hate books that have anything to do with medicine, thanks to my own background in nursing...
SHILOH WALKER I love food. I'm a big food person. I'm really passionate about eating good food all the tim...
DREAMA WALKER I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'
PAUL WALKER In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.
ALICE WALKER Graphic design is a hobby that I started with back in 2010-2011, which I am still doing today. And b...
ALAN WALKER Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a marine biologist. As you go through the grind and the distr...
PAUL WALKER In college, my friends called me Mr. James Bond 007 because I entertained everything: blonds, brunet...
PAUL WALKER I'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was al...
PAUL WALKER I have a way of just being ice and just cooling situations and making things work.
PAUL WALKER When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I alw...
PAUL WALKER I'd like to live on horseback and just be a cowboy.
PAUL WALKER Me and my buddies are all like brothers. So it's okay for us to say 'I love you' or what...
PAUL WALKER I used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few.
PAUL WALKER I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want.
PAUL WALKER I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars.
PAUL WALKER The mornings along the coast where the fog and mist meet with the salty spray of the seas is one of ...
PAUL WALKER I'm one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reas...
PAUL WALKER Sometimes the hurdles aren't really hurdles at all. They're welcome challenges, tests.
PAUL WALKER The dream is to have it all. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Live this life, t...
PAUL WALKER Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?
PAUL WALKER