It's certainly perfectly understandable to feel very strongly about abortion and even to organize and protest and try to educate and change the laws or whatever, but that's a very different thing than shooting a doctor in a parking lot.

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Anytime you have anyone who thinks he or she has God in their pocket, you have the potential for disaster, ... Throughout history, the claim that God is on your side has been used to justify any action, no matter how violent or destructive.

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I don't know that it can be comparable.

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We need a lot by way of education because what we don't know and understand creates fear.

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Politics, Society & Religion under Islam, Christianity & Judaism.

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When anybody believes that he or she somehow knows the mind of God and knows what God wants for them and for everybody else, then you have the potential for catastrophe because ... they can justify anything. It's not what I'm doing; it's what God wants me to do.

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I believe religion is an extraordinarily powerful force that has inspired the noblest best and the worst. But now we're in a world where we have many different ways that a small number of people can wreak havoc. The danger has escalated to a totally different level.

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Religion should be a source for reconciliation, for tolerance and for empathy.

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