Discuss the following quotations with your partner(s) and comment on them.

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Write an essay on one of the following topics.

Tell what religions you know of and what is characteristic of them.

· What should be the role of religion for an individual and for a nation?

· Describe some religious ritual or ceremony that you find impressive.

· Are religious wars inevitable?

· All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

M.H.B. Stendal

· If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say and make fun of it.

T. Carlyle

· Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

A. France

· The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

G.B. Shaw