Yeshayahu Leibowitz - Religion Quotes

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Religious nationalism is to religion what national socialism is to socialism.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

The religion of halakhic practice is the religion of life itself.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

As for the "religious" arguments for the annexation of the territories—these are only an expression, subconsciously or perhaps even overtly hypocritical, of the transformation of the Jewish religion into a camouflage for Israeli nationalism. Counterfeit religion identifies national interests with the service of God and imputes to the state—which is only an instrument serving human needs—supreme value from a religious standpoint.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Emancipation from the bondage of nature can only be brought about by the religion of Mitzvoth

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Only a religion addressed to life's prose, a religion of the dull routine of daily activity, is worthy of the name.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz