Religions should be understood as only the fingers that point to the moon, not the moon itself.
Richard RohrThe Gospel is not a fire insurance policy for the next world, but a life assurance policy for this world.
Richard RohrThe recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were made for union with one another. They might express this through different rituals, doctrines, dogmas, or beliefs, but at the higher levels they're talking about the same goal. And the goal is always union with the divine.
Richard Rohr