Sublime

Because God is above nature, we—through our capacity for self-consciousness, imagination and choice—are capable of rising above our nature, brutal and aggressive though it often is.

“healthy, loving, and supportive families are crucial to nurture compassionate, ethical persons and create sane and just societies.”

Well, the facts are the bones of the story, if you want to think of it that way.

can human beings come to understand their own well-being as linked to that of others, in wider and wider circles, beyond family and tribe?

A. T. Ariyaratane, a Buddhist elder, who is considered to be the Gandhi of Sri Lanka.

he is clearly recommending submission to God as the best and most expedient path.

Even if the initial proselytizing is violent, religious beliefs eventually embed themselves in values, forming a consensus, enabling easier cooperation, and spreading over time and space. It is no coincidence, but is rather more likely a kind of reproductively beneficial mutation, that every major religion of which we are aware explicitly preaches

These are but a few of the most central figures.

Iris Murdoch