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/ "When the preacher asks us to have faith, he asks for obedience, obedience \
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| without question. We must accept unthinkingly whatever he tells us is so.  |
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| When Shia and Sunni are asked to murder on the fields of battle, both      |
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| following leaders who tell them they are then assured a place in Heaven,   |
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| they obey. If the dead could return to set things straight, to tell us     |
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| that "faith" is nothing more than nonsense institutionalized, the hate     |
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| and murder of all "religious" conflicts would cease. There would be no     |
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| crusades, inquisitions, witch hunts, and holy wars. There would be no Shia |
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| and Sunni, no Lutherans and Catholics, no religious sects of any kind,     |
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| because there would be no "religions."                                     |
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| [Chester Dolan, "Holy Daze: Coming to Grips with "Religion," the Holy      |
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\ Daze of Humanity", "Faith" section, pp.130-135, MOPAH Publications]        /
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