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"Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done."
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"A satirist that criticizes religion is seen as a satanist."
"Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations."
"Only the Prince of Peace gives peace."
"There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed. So don't knock the guys on death row. Maybe they know something you don't."
"The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes."
"Religion is a cultural relic inherited from ancient civilizations that doctrinal influence persists globally in modern times. Religious people rely upon their notional belief in the primal innocence of human beings in order to support the abstract supposition of inherently benevolent God guiding human souls."
"Unlike most other world religions, Buddhism has never been too rigid in its structure."
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"Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time."
"All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism."
"Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism."
"Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs."
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