Tolerance has been a very important feature of Christianity from its very roots, despite all the other things that have gone on since. And that, I th….

Buddhism and Christianity are incompatible because there is no God in Buddhism - particularly in Theravada Buddhism. But they are also allies because….

Syncretism can be disturbing to people. They have often been taught, "You have to have solid faith and must be sure of your religion," and so on. The….

A central feature of the ceremonial associated with Mithras was the taurobolium, the ritual slaughter of a bull which commemorated and repeated Mithr….

One of the effects of religions getting together is that they borrow from one another. An example is the growing number of Catholics who are practici….

To put it a little crudely, these days nobody is afraid of excommunication. If they decide they don't want to be Catholic anymore and want to become ….

I don't think religions will merge into a great global faith. But I do believe we're moving toward a global ideology that has a place for religion an….

Life is very difficult and we owe it to our fellow human beings to be as cheerful as we can..

If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But then, not everyb….

I don't regard fundamentalism in the United States or in Europe as a terrible threat, partly because it is a self-curing disease. The younger generat….

The fact of the matter is that Buddhism has changed a lot. When St. Francis of Xavier arrived in Japan, he wrote back to the Vatican and made a joke.….

Children become more liberal partly as a reaction to their parents and partly through education. Education tends to make people a bit softer..

I've often admired the way many Catholics who have left the priesthood, for example, have nevertheless remained sincere Catholics. They voted with th….

People now have their own particular religion - a denomination of one. I suppose it's a part of the new age phenomenon, but it's much wider than that….

I often say that I'm a Buddhist-Episcopalian. I say that partly to annoy people.I like to annoy people who think that a religion can contain the whol….

I think the Buddhist ethic is clearer and more systematic in some ways. The Buddhist notion is that our chief problems are greed, hatred and delusion….

I would like to see an agreement that recognizes that we live on the same planet and that some interests, such as human rights, must be universal and….

I think the attractiveness of Buddhism is that it doesn't involve a belief in God. That appeals to a lot of people - intellectuals and well-educated ….